Final week’s large information included will increase in each day consumption limits for Calanus oil within the EU, creatine “overdose” making the headlines and Australia’s Therapeutic Items Administration’s eradicating vitamin D merchandise making bone power claims.
The European Fee has accepted adjustments to the each day consumption limits and labeling guidelines for Zooca Calanus Oil below the EU’s Novel Meals regulation.
In December 2024, the corporate utilized for modifications to the circumstances of use of the novel meals ‘Calanus finmarchicus oil’, and the European Fee has now accepted these amendments, which embody larger astaxanthin ranges, larger each day consumption limits and extra versatile labeling guidelines for Zooca Calanus Oil.
For adults, the utmost each day consumption has elevated from 2.3 g to three.1 g/day (≤ 7.75 mg astaxanthin/day), giving model house owners the chance for stronger and versatile formulations, the corporate mentioned.
“This regulatory change offers higher flexibility in complement design,” Zooca said in a press launch. “It broadens the potential goal teams and makes it simpler to create compliant merchandise for kids, adolescents and adults with the identical ingredient base. The change helps stronger use of present EFSA-approved claims for EPA and DHA.
“We’re proud to have initiated and secured this optimistic change, additional strengthening the regulatory basis for Zooca Calanus Oil within the EU market.”
Skilled golfer Ben Griffin made headlines this week for an alleged creatine overdose.
Creatine is likely one of the most well-researched and broadly used dietary supplements in sports activities diet. The compound has gained much more reputation lately as extra shoppers change into educated on advantages that reach far past athletic efficiency, together with cognitive perform, bone well being and cardiovascular help. There’s additionally a rising physique of proof that acknowledges creatine’s function in girls’s well being, together with wholesome growing old and reproductive well being.
Regardless of the huge and ongoing analysis displaying its security and efficacy for varied populations, some are calling creatine’s security into query after Griffin skilled an uncommon begin to the ultimate spherical of the BMW Championship as a result of what he known as a creatine “overdose.”
He described swallowing a big, hardened clump of creatine, which he known as a “snowball,” that had been sitting in his water bottle for a month. This, he mentioned, led to him experiencing intense shaking and tremors, inflicting him to four-putt the primary gap and hit his tee shot on the second gap out of bounds.
In response, Professor Rick Kreider, PhD, director of the Train & Sport Diet Lab at Texas A&M College, chalked the “overdose” as much as an excuse. Creatine supplementation, even when consumed in 8 to 10 gram doses a number of instances a day for months, doesn’t trigger any of the issues as described by Griffin, he mentioned.
“Was there the rest within the complement (caffeine or easy sugars, and many others.)? Creatine must also be in powder kind, not clumped,” Professor Kreider advised NI. “There isn’t any purpose to take creatine proper earlier than beginning to play golf, and you’ll’t ‘overdose’ on creatine. It’s irresponsible in charge creatine supplementation for poor judgment and play or perpetuate this misinformation within the media.”
Australia’s Therapeutic Items Administration’s (TGA) has ordered 4 vitamin D merchandise making bone power claims faraway from the native market as a result of an absence of proof.
Six merchandise remained available in the market after the businesses took corrective motion to take away the unsupported bone power claims from their medicines and promoting.
This follows the TGA’s focused compliance evaluations of complementary medicines containing vitamin D making claims associated to bone power.
The regulator recognized 10 merchandise containing vitamin D within the type of colecalciferol (vitamin D3) and don’t have any calcium of their formulations, however making claims corresponding to “helps improve/promote bone power” and “preserve/help bone power” had been chosen randomly or primarily based on regulatory intelligence for the overview.
The overview began in 2022, with the TGA saying the findings and actions taken in August 2025.
