Health food shops facing vitamin threat (The Scotsman: Business) MILLIONS of us buy vitamin tablets every week. But the number of shops from which we buy them is about to be dramatically reduced as a consequence of new European laws. [News Source]

Dietary vitamin B6. B12 and folate, may decrease pancreatic cancer risk among lean people (News-Medical-Net) Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. [News Source]

Prevent cancer: 3 vitamin D tips (MSNBC) Nutritionist Joy Bauer explains how you can help reduce the risk of certain cancers with vitamin D, a powerful nutrient found in salmon, yogurt, cereal and other common foods. [News Source]

To bee, or not to bee. America's honeybees have been mysteriously, and suddenly, vanishing. However, Kansas is one of the few states in which this phenomenon has not been seen. [News Source]

Study: Gingseng may help fight cancer. The first scientific tests of some popular alternative medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors. [News Source]

Pancreatic Cancer Risk Among Lean People May Be Decreased By Dietary Vitamin B6. B12 And Folate (Medical News Today) Researchers exploring the notion that certain nutrients might protect against pancreatic cancer found that lean individuals who got most of these nutrients from food were protected against developing cancer. The study also suggests this protective effect does not hold true if the nutrients come from vitamin supplements. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Albany discovers obesity. Armed with mounting data on the dangers of a poor diet, lawmakers in Albany have finally started looking seriously at new guidelines for what young people eat or drink on public school property. [News Source]

Biofuel brews trouble in Germany. Like most Germans, brewer Helmut Erdmann is all for the fight against global warming unless if it drives up the price of his beer. And that is exactly what is happening. [News Source]

Chinese vitamin industry lacks oversight (Albany Times Union) In wake of tainted food, questions about pharmaceuticals arise [News Source]

China corners vitamin market (Seattle Times) 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... [News Source]

Your vitamin likely is from China (Arizona Daily Star) SHIJIAZHUANG, China — 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. [News Source]