Vitamin D and calcium lower risk of premenopausal breast cancer (News-Medical-Net) Women who consume higher amounts of calcium and vitamin D may have a lower risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer, according to a report in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. [News Source]

Vitamin D May Fight Cancers ; Study to Point Out Value of Sunshine and Supplements (RedNova) By Henry L. Davis Scientists have long noticed that people who live in northerly regions of the world like Buffalo have higher cancer rates than those in places with more sunshine. A growing amount of research now indicates why: vitamin D. [News Source]

Vitamin Water Can Be Unhealthy For Dieters (KDKA Pittsburgh) Many people are opting for bottled water these days and one of the newest products on the scene is Vitamin Water. [News Source]

Folic Acid May Lower Stroke Risk (WebMD) Folic acid supplements appear to reduce the risk of stroke, particularly in people who do not get enough of the B vitamin, researchers say. [News Source]

CHINA: China has cornered the global market for vitamins (McClatchy Washington Bureau) If you pop a vitamin C tablet in your mouth, it's a good bet it came from China. Indeed, many of the world's vitamins are now made in China. In less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the U.S. market for vitamin C, driving almost everyone else out of business. [News Source]

VITAMINS - FDA: Despite suspect safety, dietary supplements receive little oversight (McClatchy Washington Bureau) The $22 billion dietary supplement industry operates with minimal oversight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, despite a history of suspect quality and safety - and independent lab tests that have found one in four products to be substandard. [News Source]

Is a virus causing breast cancer? We still have very little understanding of what causes 90 per cent of breast cancers - all the ones, that is, that are sporadic rather than due to inherited mutations. Recently, a few researchers have revived the idea that a virus may be responsible for some cases. [News Source]

EU asks industry to fight obesity. Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity. [News Source]

Obesity: The two faces of fat. No longer viewed as inert packets of energy, fat cells are two-faced masterminds of metabolism. There are differences between 'fat' fat cells and thin ones. [News Source]

Canadians must change daily habits: ‘Green Giant’. Canadians must take personal responsibility and join the battle against global warming by making changes in their day-to-day habits, while also pressuring their own politicians to follow their lead, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said yesterday. [News Source]

Eat less meat to save planet, British official says. Eating less meat and dairy could help tackle climate change by reducing the amount of methane gas emitted by cows and sheep, a British government agency says. [News Source]

Biofuel boom jacks up beer price. In the last two years, the price of barley has doubled as farmers plant more crops such as rapeseed and corn that can be turned into ethanol or biodiesel, a fuel made from vegetable oil. [News Source]