Nutrition: Vitamin D and Calcium Intake Found to Affect Breast Cancer (New York Times) Consuming high levels of vitamin D and calcium may offer some protection in premenopausal women against the most aggressive kinds of breast cancer, a new study reports. [News Source]

Bone Health and Vitamin D and Preventing Weight Gain (Newswise) Monday, June 4, 2007 Press Schedule for ENDO 07 Topics Include Bone Health and Vitamin D and Preventing Weight Gain after Weight Loss [News Source]

Put a thrill in your swill. With consumers shifting their purchases from sugary cola-based beverages, manufacturers are responding to demand for alternatives with new designer waters that offer health benefits. [News Source]

Coal industry keeps digging as pressure rises over climate change. Environmentalists and some policymakers are calling for the country to wean itself from coal by investing in alternative energies and levying new taxes on carbon emissions. In the interim, they want mandates for cleaner power plants. Yet coal could prove a habit hard to break. [News Source]

Coca-cola dips further into vitamin waters (Nutraingredients.com) 6/4/2007 - Following its $4.1bn step into the functional beverage category last week, Coca-Cola North America is now swimming further into vitamin-fortified waters through its Dasani brand. [News Source]

The eco-diet … and it’s not just about food miles. Consumers need more information about the environmental impact of the food in their shopping basket if they are to make eco-friendly choices, according to researchers who have carried out a detailed analysis of the ecological costs associated with food. [News Source]