Vitamins can be too much of a good thing, experts warn (Kingsport Times-News) Wandering through the vitamin aisle, the sheer number of bottles can be a little overwhelming. With dozens of choices from multivitamins to nutritional supplements, knowing what to take - or even if taking a vitamin is necessary at all - becomes a guessing game for many health-conscious consumers. [News Source]

Ivanovic sets stage for success in US Open (USA Today) To trace Ana Ivanovic's meteoric rise in women's tennis, Montreal is as good a place to start as any. That was where, last August, the Serbian teen slugged her way to her first big title, beating former No. 1 Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 in the final. [News Source]

Why vitamin D is so vital (Daily Telegraph) Grey skies this summer mean that children are more at risk of developing weak bones and other diseases, says Oliver Gillie. [News Source]

Fortifying Milk With Calcium And Vitamin D May Offer Protection Against Type 2 Diabetes (Medical News Today) Most Americans fail to get the calcium and vitamin D they need, but this shortfall could be affecting more than their bones. It may, at least in part, be one reason behind the epidemic of type 2 diabetes, suggests new research conducted at Tufts University. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Poor people choose to eat badly, say experts. Nutritional standards among low earners are not linked to income, according to a new survey. Instead, consumers in this group were simply choosing not to eat as healthily as they should, the watchdog found. [News Source]

Poor not the only ones with poor diet. The findings of a survey suggest that poor diet is far more widespread than previously suspected, blighting middle-class and wealthier families as much as the poorer households, and that a major Government rethink is required to tackle the problem. [News Source]

Is the $33 billion farm bill healthy? Pushing the farm bill debate into the mainstream is a growing sentiment that Uncle Sam's handouts--favoring growers of corn, soybeans and other foods requiring processing before consumption--warp what the nation puts on its dinner table. [News Source]

Doctor: lead’s slow poison especially harmful to young. Lead has been a part of many common items like makeup, plumbing, batteries, crystal, paint, wine preservative, utensils, coins and even as a food seasoning! However, it has been realized for many centuries that lead can be as harmful as it is useful. [News Source]

Marmots shift habits as temperatures climb. After years of careful observation scientists believe that life is getting even more complicated for the burrowing rodents -- not due to fad diets or an increase in torrid love trapezoids -- but because of global climate change. [News Source]