Vitamins’ impact on Alzheimer’s (NorthJersey.com) THE QUESTION: When high levels of the amino acid homocysteine are found in the blood, one theory holds, a person's risk of dementia increases. [News Source]

The Vitamin Shoppe Voluntarily Removes ”Especially for Women” Multivitamin, Stands Behind Quality and Safety of Its … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NORTH BERGEN, N.J.----The Vitamin Shoppe®, one of the nation's largest and most trusted retailers of vitamins and nutritional supplements, today confirmed that last Friday it voluntarily removed its "Especially for Women" multivitamin product from store shelves and its internet sales site due to allegations that there are trace quantities of lead in excess of California labeling requirements in ... [News Source]

Testing finds high levels of lead in vitamins (ABC 7 Chicago) New testing finds lead in vitamins along with other problems. A group that provides consumer information and independent evaluations of products says, among 21 multivitamin products for adults and children independently selected and tested, problems were found with more than half. [News Source]

The vitamin C in this broccoli stands for cocaine (KTVO-TV Kirksville) PHARR, Texas (AP) - There was more than vitamin C in a truck-load of broccoli. U-S Customs agents report they found 12-hundred pounds of cocaine stashed under the veggies at a border crossing in south Texas. [News Source]

Call 4 Action: Some Vitamins Cause More Harm Than Help (Action News 4 Pittsburgh) The claim commonly made by many leading multivitamin makers is that by taking one a day, you'll lead a healthier life, but a new study reveals that in some cases, what you see on the label is not what you're really getting. [News Source]

Aquafina rolls out its own brand of vitamin water (CNN Money) The soft-drink market just got a little more crowded. [News Source]

Testing finds lead in vitamins, other problems (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Among 21 multivitamin products for adults and children independently selected and tested by ConsumerLab.com, problems were found with more than half -- including unacceptably high levels of lead, and too much or too little of a particular ingredient. [News Source]

Being cynical is bad for your heart. You may not be inclined to believe it - but doctors claim that being cynical is bad for your heart. [News Source]

Teenagers tackle obesity. "Weight Loss Confidential" is a newly published study by Anne M. Fletcher of how 104 overweight preteens and teenagers - 41 boys and 63 girls - lost significant amounts of weight and maintained their losses for two years or longer. [News Source]

Salt can be hard to shake. It's everywhere. Not just in the pretzels and potato chips, but in your cereal, deli meats, canned soups, salad dressing and even your milk. [News Source]

Conservationists look for ways to save tuna. Global efforts to ensure sustainable use of tuna stocks could face trouble unless a proper data collection system is introduced first, the U.N. food agency warned Monday as conservation bodies kicked off their first-ever joint meeting. [News Source]

Calcium helps cut cholesterol during weight loss (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Getting enough calcium and vitamin D while reducing calorie intake can increase the beneficial effects of weight loss on cholesterol levels, Canadian researchers report. [News Source]