Indonesia green lights Oz farmland purchase to solve beef shortage
Indonesia has approved a plan to buy one million hectares of Australian farmland in the country’s north in order to solve its own crippling beef supply problems.
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Thailand's stevia approval poses challenge for Indonesian regulators
Now Thailand has been given approval to use stevia in food and beverages, Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian nation waiting for the authorities to give the regulatory go-ahead for the natural sweetener.
RCT supports fucoidan’s potential as a ‘powerful, immune-priming agent’
Dietary supplements containing fucoidan from seaweed may amplify the immune response to seasonal influenza vaccinations in the elderly, a population known to have an inadequate immune response to ‘flu vaccines, says a new study from Japan.
Study: Fatty foods ruin ability to maintain weight loss
A new study in Australia has suggested that people on a long term high-fat diet will find it hard to lose and then maintain their weight as nerves that tell the brain that the stomach is full could be permanently damaged.