Cut sugar to add to your life span (Express India) Giving up sweets and avoiding vitamins could help you live longer, German researchers said in a recent study. [News Source]

Toxic or tasty? Eating those addictive light and luscious doughnuts made with trans fat is like eating lead: there is no minimum level that's safe. [News Source]

Mercury lingers throughout environment. While the average person may never face health concerns regarding exposure to mercury, mercury is present in the water and in the atmosphere. [News Source]

Potatoes Chock Full Of Phytochemicals (Science Daily) Americans love their spuds, consuming 130 pounds per person annually. Now that culinary love affair could grow even more passionate with new findings that some potato varieties are packed with health-promoting compounds called phytochemicals. Using a new analytical method, plant geneticists have identified 60 different kinds of phytochemicals and vitamins in the skins and flesh of 100 wild and ... [News Source]

DDT exposure linked to greater risk of breast cancer. Exposure to DDT at a young age may indicate a greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to new research by Dr. Barbara Cohn of the Public Health Institute in Berkeley, California. [News Source]

Study Finds Almost One Third Of Children Take Vitamins (Medical News Today) Almost one-third of U.S. children take some form of dietary supplement, most often multivitamins and multiminerals, according to a study conducted in part by researchers at RTI International and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Heart Smart for Teens (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier) A McDonald’s Big Mac offers plenty of nutritional value, including a percentage of daily values needed in calcium, iron, vitamins A and C. [News Source]

Halina Hladysz: Two berries with great medicinal properties (Rapid City Journal) My husband and I developed a tradition in our home. When our grandchildren are done eating a meal, they get supplements especially designed for children — chewable vitamins with minerals and antioxidants. Recently, in preparation for the school year and for prevention from colds and flu, we incorporated an herbal combination — [News Source]