'Multi-vitamin pills can make you obese' (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News) Think before you pop that multi-vitamin pill. It may actually add to your weight. The prescription comes from Professor Demetre Labadarios, Head, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Demetre, who is on a five-day visit to Christian Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Ludhiana along with other doctors, added that doctors have a tendency to put patients on ... [News Source]

Brain Lesions In Seniors Associated With Higher Calcium And Vitamin D Intakes (Medical News Today) Elderly men and women who consumed higher levels of calcium and vitamin D are significantly more likely to have greater volumes of brain lesions, regions of damage that can increase risk of cognitive impairment, dementia, depression and stroke.Duke University scientist Dr. Martha Payne reported this finding at Experimental Biology 2007, in Washington, DC. [click link for full article] [News Source]

MikeNutrients.com Announces Special Offer on The Greatest Vitamin in the World (PR Web) Individuals visiting MikeNutrients.com can take advantage of a special offer on The Greatest Vitamin in the World. The vitamin consists of whole foods, chilated minerals, plant-based enzymes and stabilized probiotics, nutrients that have proven beneficial to the human body. A 30-day supply of the vitamin is now available risk-free for $39.95, plus shipping and handling. (PRWeb May 7, 2007) Post ... [News Source]

MikeNutrients.com Announces Special Offer on The Greatest Vitamin in the World (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Individuals visiting MikeNutrients.com can take advantage of a special offer on The Greatest Vitamin in the World. The vitamin consists of whole foods, chilated minerals, plant-based enzymes and stabilized probiotics, nutrients that have proven beneficial to the human body. A 30-day supply of the vitamin is now available risk-free for $39.95, plus shipping and handling. [News Source]

White Hat Brands Introduces New Multi-Vitamin Fortified Juice Beverages for Kids (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) ATLANTA----White Hat Brands LLC, a beverage company committed to youth wellness, today announced that it is introducing a new line of multi-vitamin-fortified, mid-calorie juice beverages specifically formulated to help combat childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes among pre-teens . [News Source]

Ribena makers apologise for Vitamin C error (Daily Telegraph)

THE maker of blackcurrant drink Ribena has launched an advertising campaign apologising for misleading customers over the product’s Vitamin C content.

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Indiana poised to adopt minimum federal mercury emissions goals. Indiana is poised to cut mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by two-thirds over the next two decades under a federal rule a state panel has endorsed after turning aside calls for even deeper cuts. [News Source]

Honeybee killer could impact dinner plate. Unless someone or something stops it soon, the mysterious killer that is wiping out many of America's honeybees could have a devastating effect on the country's dinner plate, perhaps even reducing its people to a glorified bread-and-water diet. [News Source]

Competition evolves in natural foods. Food conglomerates such as Kraft, Kellogg and General Mills are now introducing their own "organic" and "natural" lines. [News Source]

Japanese clothiers update their lines. All over Japan, retailers are scrambling to keep up with a new look known as "bon-kyu-bon." It means "big-small-big" and it signals a change in the way Japanese women look: They're getting curvier. [News Source]

Obesity becoming a class issue: expert. A Melbourne professor is warning that the problem of obesity in Australian children is a class issue. It's estimated that a quarter of Australian children are overweight or obese. [News Source]

What’s safe to put in your pet’s bowl? The pet food industry has become a lightning rod for distressed and angry animal lovers who wonder what to feed their pets as the seven-week-long recall of melamine-tainted pet food widens. [News Source]