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PAI exits from French ingredients on Diana sale

French natural ingredients firm Diana-Ingredients will shift from one equity investor to another with confirmation yesterday that its owner, a BNP Paribas holding company managed by PAI Partners, will spin the company off to London-based Electra...

Green tea fights killer disease

The active component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), already shown to fight several types of cancer, also appears to kill cells of the most common form of leukaemia, reports a US team this week.

Father of fat sheds more light on this growing human condition

New ways to combat the global obesity epidemic could be on the way as recent findings from influential obesity researcher Jeffrey Friedman improves our understanding of leptin resistance and obesity. New studies show that the appetite-regulating...

Global food additive faces ongoing criticism

As the US advisory body on dietary advice convenes in Washington, D.C. to discuss salt consumption, the Salt Institute and the US Chamber of Commerce were taking the Bush government to court, claiming the full scientific facts on blood pressure and...