Food

[ARTICLE] Kefir and Kombucha: are health promises justified?

Fermented beverages, such as kefir and kombucha, are gaining increasing place on the shelves of supermarkets, parallel to increasing research on their supposed health benefits. Are they substantiated by scientific knowledge? Gut microbiota and metabolic health Kefir...

[ARTICLE] – Trial registration: different tools, same ethical principle.

As described by the World Health Organization (WHO), “the registration of all interventional trials is considered to be a scientific, ethical and moral responsibility”.(1) The principle of trial registration is to declare the synopsis of the trial before the...

[ARTICLE] Vegetarians and Vegans in France

Vegetarian or Vegan diets represent a minority of the world's dietary patterns with strong disparity of frequencies between countries (30% of vegetarians in India as against 2 to 5% in France according to verified sources). Interest in these diets is growing, as...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Vegetarians & Vegans in France

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White Book:30 global experts share the latest findings on childhood nutrition

Jul 12, 2018 | Food

Chicago, IL, July 12th, 2018 – The 6th edition of the Better Foods for Better Health White Book has been published,...

Probiotics solution for sportsmen and women – Lucie Lingrand (Lallemand Health Solutions)

May 2, 2018 | Food, Health

We recently communicated about Sport & Nutrition with an interview from Fatiha Serbouti. She underlined the...

The human microbiome: The food industry & health insight

Apr 24, 2018 | Food

The microbiome is not limited to the Pharma industry but is also of interest to the Food industry Medium The interest...

New medical device Regulation 2017/745: Impact in nutrition field?

by Administrateur Biofortis | Feb 15, 2018 | Food, Health, Nutrition

The new regulation 2017/745 on medical devices was adopted on spring 2017, replacing the existing directives. A transitional period is ongoing to May 2020, date of the implementation. According to the European Commission, this new text “establishes a modernised and...

Microbiome involvement in satiety regulation

by Administrateur Biofortis | Dec 28, 2017 | Food, Microbiome, Non classé, Nutrition

In satiety regulation, the balance between anorexigenic (PP, CCK, PYY3-36, incretins, leptin, OXM) and orexigenic (ghrelin, insl5, adiponectin) signals is determinant. A special attention should be attributed to incretins (GLP-1, GIP). Incretins are key gut-derived...