NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated miners A team of NASA doctors and engineers recommended Friday that Chilean authorities regulate the day-and-night sleep patterns of 33 trapped miners, boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their nutrition improves. [News Source]

Vitamins Vital to Health, Well-Being Vitamins are vital to our health, and it’s important to have an appropriate amount of vitamin intake to prevent health problems that arise as a result of either over-indulgence or lack of vitamin intake. Researchers are constantly coming out with new studies which show that specific vitamins are necessary to treat specific diseases. For example, U.S. researchers say vitamin D may help treat and ... [News Source]

Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. Consumers who buy organic fruits and vegetables because they think they're tastier, more nutritious and better for the environment are getting at least some of what they're paying for, according to a study published online ... [News Source]

Gadget Lab Podcast: iPods, Apple TV and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab This week's episode of the Gadget Lab podcast is heavy on fruits. High on vitamin A, Dylan Tweney gushes over the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid, while Brian X. Chen dishes out this week's announcements of brand new Apple gear. They also share our impressions of Samsung's iPad rival, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab. [News Source]

Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious? Reporting in the journal PLoS ONE , researchers write that organically grown strawberries contain more antioxidants and vitamin C than conventional berries. Ira Flatow and guests discuss the findings, and whether the differences would have any meaningful impact on Americans' health. [News Source]

Bay ‘pollution diet’ moves forward. The Chesapeake Bay's new pollution limits are set, and now states are planning the "diets" that they're going to have to follow. [News Source]

Plan to clean up Chesapeake Bay released. Pennsylvania says it will make required dramatic reductions in the amount of nutrients and soil washing into the Chesapeake Bay by putting caps on sewage plants, improving stormwater control in urban areas and pressing farmers to ramp up anti-pollution efforts. [News Source]

Organic Strawberries Have More Antioxidants And Vitamin C But Less Potassium And Phosphorus Organic strawberries were found to have more vitamin C and antioxidants than non-organic ones, and they also had a nicer taste, but are 13.4% smaller and have considerably lower levels of dietary minerals potassium and phosphorous, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS One. As consumers, we are usually willing to pay a bit more for organic produce for reasons of ... [News Source]

Antioxidant supplements again called into question On the other hand, vitamin C did not have an effect on mortality and the antioxidant mineral selenium was associated with a nine per cent decrease in all-cause mortality. [News Source]

Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. Consumers who buy organic fruits and vegetables because they think they're tastier, more nutritious and better for the environment are getting at least some of what they're paying for, according to a study published online ... [News Source]

Little action after lots of green talk. What are you doing to help the environment? Have you ditched the plastic water bottles and carry a reusable one instead. Maybe you bike to work a couple days a week. According to a recent study, there's sometimes a big gap between what we say we should do and what we actually do. [News Source]

Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits. While locavore efforts might seem innocuous, a growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the locavore movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst. [News Source]