Low-fat carrot packs vitamin A (Denver Post) Colorado ranks third nationally in carrot production. In 2004 the state produced 107 million pounds of carrots valued at more than $11 million. [News Source]

Avoiding Sun May Increase Risk Of Ovarian Cancer (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News) Women who stay out of the sun to avoid skin cancer may be increasing their risk of ovarian cancer, scientists at the University of California, San Diego's Moores Cancer Center announced Tuesday. [News Source]

One for the Ages: A prescription that may extend life. Recently, a calorie restricted diet has begun to bear fruit, producing a steady stream of studies indicating that the rate of aging is plastic, not fixed, and that it can be manipulated. [News Source]

Kidney cancer study: Too much bread and pasta? Using questionnaires, Italian researchers have found some evidence of an association between kidney cancer and the consumption of large amounts of bread, although the significance of the finding remains unclear. [News Source]

Teen diet isn’t all junk food. According to a report released in September by the Institute of Medicine; and the obesity rate has more than tripled for those ages 12 to 19 in the past three decades, increasing from 5 percent to 17 percent. [News Source]

Losing big — fast. The physical and emotional shellacking that the morbidly obese contestants undergo while dieting and exercising their way to dazzling new figures is only part of "The Big Loser" show's can't-look-away formula. [News Source]

Milk thistle may help diabetics: study. A herbal therapy used for thousands of years may help to control blood sugar levels in people suffering from type 2 diabetes, scientists said. [News Source]

E.ON U.S. will join climate effort. E.ON U.S., the parent company of LG&E and Kentucky Utilities, will announce today that it plans to spend $25 million to join an industry-government partnership to build a power plant that won't contribute to global warming. [News Source]

KFC forsakes finger-lickin’ heart-stoppin’ cooking fat. Artery clogging trans fats are likely to disappear from fast-food and baked goods after Kentucky Fried Chicken announced yesterday that it was joining other outlets in dropping unhealthy cooking oil from the menu. [News Source]

Even the Colonel gets on the ban-trans-fat wagon. Fried chicken purveyor KFC drew accolades yesterday with its announcement that it will stop using trans fat in most menu items - but changing its biscuit recipe won't be so easy. [News Source]

New York chews on a plan to ban ingredient. At the first public hearing on New York's proposal to prohibit the use of artificial trans fats in restaurants — an aggressive move by the city's health commissioner, Thomas Frieden — dozens of scientists lined up to praise the proposal. [News Source]

KFC to slash menu’s use of trans fat. The maker of Kentucky Fried Chicken announced Monday that it would deep-fry most of its menu items without trans fat, saying it had found a soybean oil that could produce more-healthful fare. [News Source]