Food health claims 'misleading'.EXPENSIVE "functional" foods which boast added nutrients or slimming properties are often no more beneficial than cheaper conventional products, a report suggested today. Some could even prove harmful to health, it claimed. Researchers, looking at a whole range of products, such as low fat spreads and protein-packed meals, also found that some high-cost energy drinks were "no more effective than drinking a cup of coffee with sugar", while also proving unsuitable for young children or people sensitive to caffeine caffeine (kăfēn`), odorless, slightly bitter alkaloid found in coffee, tea, kola nuts (see cola), ilex plants (the source of the Latin American drink maté), and, in small amounts, in cocoa (see cacao). . The findings, published in Which? magazine, could dispel the beliefs of thousands of consumers hooked hooked adverb Addicted on the neatly-packaged food and drinks. Researchers said there was "good evidence" that some foods, such as cholesterol- busting spreads Benecol and Flora Flora, in Roman religion, goddess of flowers and fertility. Her festival, the Floralia, Apr. 28–May 1, was celebrated with great gaiety and licentiousness. pro.activ, "do what they claim". But others, such as those packed with healthy omega-3 fatty acids This is a list of omega-3 fatty acids. Common name Lipid name Chemical name α-Linolenic acid (ALA) 18:3 (n-3) octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid Stearidonic acid 18:4 (n-3) octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acid , often contained less of the beneficial substances than oily fish Oily fish, oil-rich fish or pelagic fish are those fish which have oils throughout the fillet and in the belly cavity around the gut, rather than only in the liver like white fish. . Which? is now calling for new rules to force manufacturers to back up health claims before they go on sale. |
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