Is Taking Vitamins and Supplements All That Good for You? (WNDU 16 South Bend) Imagine popping more than three dozen pills daily. Now, imagine doing that even if the pills are not prescribed. [News Source]

Digging to root of diet problem. The club hopes to battle diabetes and other obesity-related diseases that plague the neighborhood by growing and selling fruits and vegetables in a garden next to its playground. [News Source]

Want to monitor climate change pick up a penguin. Scientists at the University of Birmingham are trying out a new bio-indicator - the king penguin - to investigate whether the animals can be used to monitor the effects of climate change. [News Source]

Supermarkets see green in going green. Mainstream grocery stores -- among them Kroger, Farmer Jack and Meijer in Metro Detroit -- jump on the fast-moving organic bandwagon, responding to growing consumer demand for all things natural and chemical-free. [News Source]

Food for life. Eating small amounts of red meat can increase the risk of breast cancer by more than 50 per cent in older women, according to a study published last week. [News Source]

Lead poisoning creates health problems for children. Studies of children show that those exposed to lead, even low levels of lead, may have a lower IQ, learning disabilities, behavioral abnormalities and kidney damage. [News Source]

Green tea, the elixir of false virtue. To US commercial culture, green tea is yoga in a bottle – or in a can, candy bar, candle, lotion, soap, perfume or pill. [News Source]

Hip Lofts to Bring Glimmer of Zinc to Hyattsville (Washington Post) The word "zinc" conjures up vitamins, batteries, pennies. [News Source]

No scientific evidence diet supplements slow aging (CNN.com) Every morning, Dr. Frank Pinto pops not one or two vitamins, not just a handful, but more than two dozen dietary supplements, washing each one down with a sip of water. [News Source]

Smoking raises risk of vision problem (The Columbus Dispatch) Q: During the last years of his life, my dad suffered from macular degeneration, and it made his life difficult. No one else in my family has had it. I hear vitamins can prevent it. If that is so, which ones and how much? [News Source]

Hip Lofts to Bring Glimmer of Zinc to Hyattsville (Washington Post) The word "zinc" conjures up vitamins, batteries, pennies. [News Source]

Crop prices soar, pushing up cost of food globally. Soaring prices for farm goods, driven in part by demand for crop-based fuels, are pushing up the price of food world-wide and unleashing a new source of inflationary pressure. [News Source]