#nutraceuticals — Public Fediverse posts

National Nutrition Week question:

How much of what's sold as "nutritional innovation" is actually backed by clinical evidence?

Not enough.

The gap between what nutraceutical brands claim and what the evidence demonstrates is wide — and regulators are closing it.

Nutrition matters too much to be left unsubstantiated.

#NationalNutritionWeek #Nutraceuticals #ClinicalResearch #ClaimSubstantiation #BotanicalResearch #FunctionalFoods #EvidenceBased #Genelife #PublicHealth

@EUCommission Great to see this push for transparency extend to everyday food products. The same principle is reshaping the nutraceutical and supplement space too — EFSA's health claims framework has already rejected the majority of botanical health claims for lack of clinical substantiation, and the direction is unmistakable: claims need evidence, not just plausibility. #Transparency #EUCommission #Nutraceuticals #FoodLabelling #ClinicalEvidence

Holm oak acorn as a new functional Mediterranean food

Acorns of the Holm oak (Quercus ilex) have been part of the landscape of Mediterranean forests and traditional agroforestry system…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanFood #Acorn #foodmicrobiome #functionalfood #glutenfreediet #Holmoak #Mediterranean #mediterraneanfood #Mediterraneanforests #Nutraceuticals #polyphenols #Quercusilex #starch
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2535716/holm-oak-acorn-as-a-new-functional-mediterranean-food/