Google to launch personalized nutrition app with microbiome company S’pore

AMILI Optimize will be available as a mobile application later this month.

The mobile app, known as AMILI Optimise, will be released in three major phases. The first phase will leverage AMILI’s gut microbiome databank and Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) expertise to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations based on an individual’s gut microbiome and postprandial glycemic response over an eight-week program. Users must provide photos of their daily … Read more

She owed the insurance company a nickel and her insurance was terminated – KFF Health News

Lorena Alvarado Hill is sitting on the edge of the couch. A mural can be seen on the wall behind her.

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. Hill, a teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, is a single mother who works shifts at J.Crew on weekends so she can send her daughter to college. Hill’s mother, who lives with her, had an insurance plan through Health First. Hill had not previously … Read more

Dietary supplement makers ask FDA to approve peptides, other new ingredients

Dietary supplement makers ask FDA to approve peptides, other new ingredients

Manufacturers of dietary supplements are asking the Food and Drug Administration to expand the types of ingredients they can include in their products, a change that could open the door to further marketing of peptides, probiotics and other trendy health products. The FDA held a public meeting Friday to discuss its long-standing dietary supplement standards … Read more