Vegetarian and below 40? Take care then (Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News) If you are vegetarian and under 40 years of age, make sure you get the right intake of B-vitamins, especially vitamin B12 - or else you could be at the risk of suffering a stroke. [News Source]

Processed meat alert stirs the pot. Pigs around the world may have been clapping their trotters with glee this week following recommendations from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research to avoid processed meat such as bacon and ham. Others have been less enthusiastic. [News Source]

A close-up on cosmetics: experts divided on the safety of parabens. Have a look at the ingredients list of your favorite shampoo or skin lotion, and chances are you'll see ethylparaben, butylparaben, propylparaben or all of the above. In numerous in-vitro studies they have demonstrated activity similar to estrogen, which may threaten the health of people and aquatic ecosystems. [News Source]

Garbage across the Pacific. One country's garbage is another country's gold. And America's trash has spawned a whole industry in China. [News Source]

Poor nutrition in utero, heavy child tomorrow? Fourteen percent of U.S. preschoolers are overweight. This fact alone points to perhaps the strongest evidence for the effects of fetal programming. [News Source]

Living for two. What women eat, touch and breathe during pregnancy now appears to be more important to their babies' health than anyone ever imagined. [News Source]

Vitamin D may help slow aging (EARTHtimes.org) A study of 2,100 female twin pairs found those with higher vitamin D levels may knock off five years of aging, British and American researchers say. Researchers at the London School of Medicine; St. Thomas' Hospital, in London; and the University of Medi... [News Source]