The Plain Facts About a Basic Ingredient (RedNova) By ROSE PRINCE A BAG of plain white flour looks like a bag of, er, plain white flour, but it is not. Extraordinarily it contains four hidden additives: calcium, iron, vitamin B1 and nicotinic acid. [News Source]

Coca-Cola North America debuts vitamin-enhanced water (Drinks Business Review) Dasani, the water brand of Coca-Cola North America, has launched a new vitamin-enhanced flavored water drink called Dasani Plus. [News Source]

Diabetes rate ‘frightening’ to isles. Hawaii's population mix is very vulnerable to an insulin-resistant form of the disease. [News Source]

Long-term vision for vitamin C and diabetic eye health? (Nutraingredients.com) 6/27/2007 - Long-term supplementation with vitamin C may one day help prevent diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetic eye disease, if preliminary results from animals can be reproduced in humans. [News Source]

Vitamin D, calcium can be healthy link (The Lincoln-Way Sun) An important U.S. study released this month reported that pre-menopausal women with high levels of vitamin D and calcium in their diets had a nearly 40 percent lower risk of breast cancer. [News Source]

Celsius, the Great Tasting Calorie Burner, Goes Nationwide At Vitamin Shoppe (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) DELRAY BEACH, Fla., June 27, 2007 -- Celsius Holdings, Inc. the maker of Celsius, the innovative beverage credited for creating the calorie burning category that is revolutionizing the beverage market, today announced that Vitamin Shoppe, one of the nation's leading vitamin and health supplement retailers, will be carrying Celsius in its stores throughout the country. [News Source]

No bananas, but lots of tomatoes. In these extracts from her new book about a year spent eating only local food, Barbara Kingsolver describes the agonies -- and the unexpected joys. [News Source]

More U.S. children suffer chronic health problems. The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday. [News Source]

The toxic origins of disease. Researchers say endocrine-disrupting chemicals can permanently harm the developing organism and may even promote obesity. But the chemical industry doesn't want you to believe them. [News Source]

Long-term vision for vitamin C and diabetic eye health? (Food Navigator) 27/06/2007 - Long-term supplementation with vitamin C may one day help prevent diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetic eye disease, if preliminary results from animals can be reproduced in humans. [News Source]

Chock full of vitamins (The News Journal) If you have trouble getting your recommended daily servings of fruits and vegetables, soften your guilt with a fruit that's practically cheating: cantaloupe. This sweet summer fruit is a delicious and healthy way to eat. [News Source]

Vitamin A may help protect skin (The Daily News) A small study has shown it may be possible to reverse somewhat the wrinkling of old age. The research suggests that topical application of retinol, a form of vitamin A, could make older people less prone to skin ulcerations and poor healing of wounds. [News Source]