Latest News on Vitamins and Health

News in this Section (The Times of India)
Sunday August 19th 2007, 2:51 pm

Pineapple is sweet, juicy, with a flavour of all its own. Fresh pineapple is also good for you because it is high in vitamin C. [News Source]

Get your fill of carrots today! (The Times of India)
Sunday August 19th 2007, 2:50 pm

Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds, and the richest vegetable source of the pro-vitamin A carotenes. Carrots’ antioxidant compounds help protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer and also promote good vision, especially night vision. [News Source]

Antioxidants uncapped.
Sunday August 19th 2007, 12:00 pm

Nutritionists and dietitians say you shouldn't try to buy your antioxidants in a bottle or box. Instead, you should embrace antioxidants in their natural state. [News Source]

Shell’s rocky return.
Sunday August 19th 2007, 12:00 pm

Shell is mounting an aggressive return to the polar ocean, staking hundreds of millions of dollars to lease vast offshore acreage, staff an Anchorage office and assemble a flotilla of drilling ships to sink more holes in the Beaufort Sea. [News Source]

How much mercury is in your fish?
Sunday August 19th 2007, 12:00 pm

A neurotoxin has been found in unsafe levels in seafood bought in a Gainesville grocery store, in fish caught in local lakes and in the hair of residents. [News Source]