Pick up a fork and pay more (The Salt Lake Tribune) For a 2 percent sales tax break, answer this question: Does the Utah Tax Commission define vitamins for hair loss as food? Beginning Monday, Utah shoppers may be considering such questions when the state sales tax rate on food is slashed from 4.75 percent to 2.75 percent. [News Source]

Food Standards Agency Launches Folate Consultation, UK (Medical News Today) The FSA (Food Standards Agency) is consulting on different options for increasing young women's intake of folate, a B vitamin, to reduce the number of pregnancies in the UK affected by neural tube defects such as spina bifida. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Soda makers slim efforts (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) The shoppers looked skeptical. “This is the first drink that can actually help you lose weight,” sales representative Anthony Monforte said confidently, handing out tiny samples of a new soft drink, Celsius, at a Vitamin Shoppe in Aliso Viejo, Calif. [News Source]

Spill: 600 gallons of milk pour into Coquille River (Coos Bay World Link) The south fork of the Coquille River got more than its recommended daily allowance of vitamin D and calcium on Friday morning, when about 600 gallons of milk spilled at a dairy processing plant in Myrtle Point. [News Source]

Study: Folic acid doesn’t help heart (Northwest Herald) HEART DISEASE: Taking or not taking folic acid doesn’t seem to matter. THE QUESTION: Among its other attributes, folic acid (vitamin B9) can lower levels of homocysteine, an amino acid in the blood that is thought to contribute to heart disease. [News Source]

Spill: 600 gallons of milk pour into Coquille River (Coos Bay World Link) The south fork of the Coquille River got more than its recommended daily allowance of vitamin D and calcium on Friday morning, when about 600 gallons of milk spilled at a dairy processing plant in Myrtle Point. [News Source]

Kids may make parents overweight. Overweight adults may be able to blame their offspring after a US study found adults living with children eat more fat than others. [News Source]

‘Healthy fruit smoothies more sugary than cola’ (Daily Mail) Bursting with fruit, smoothies are the drink of choice for many health-conscious Britons. However, many of the colourful drinks are actually more sugary than Coca-Cola [News Source]

A fill of folic Folic acid should be a part of every woman’s diet (Kansas City Star) The message has been clear and unchanged for years, but a lot of women aren’t hearing it: Folic acid, a B vitamin, prevents birth defects and should be part of a healthy diet. [News Source]

Boney family brings roots back to San Diego (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) The Boney family, San Diego produce pioneers, are returning from Arizona to jump back into the San Diego County grocery business with a new store in San Marcos named Sprouts Farmers Market. [News Source]

Power from above: GPS runs on sunlight (MobileMag) Humans have worshiped the Sun, in various degrees of piety, for thousands of years. It's easy to see why: From the Sun we get light and Vitamin D and power. [News Source]

Underprivileged toddlers are apt to become obese. It's never too early to begin monitoring children's weight, according to a new study that found significant rates of obesity among disadvantaged 3-year-olds. [News Source]