Vitamin, nutritional supplement chain to open six Hawaii stores (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) HONOLULU (AP) - A mainland retail chain specializing in vitamins and nutritional supplements plans to open a half-dozen Hawaii stores over the next two years. [News Source]

All shook up over salt: should U.S. set limits? Manuel Garcia's diet has plenty of salt in it. He works at two fast food restaurants in Sacramento, including Wienerschnitzel, where a single all beef chili cheese dog on a pretzel bun contains 1,930 milligrams of sodium. [News Source]

Additives may make youngsters hyper. The colorings and preservatives in soft drinks, candy, and other foods can boost kids' activity levels. [News Source]

Organic Fish Farming. As health-conscious consumers increasingly demand organic products, fish farmers want a piece of that lucrative market as well. [News Source]

Is it healthy? Food rating systems battle it out. Suddenly, after years of chaotic, conflicting health claims on food, various groups are rushing to create systems that are supposed to make sense of it all. [News Source]

Amid debate, grocery chain bans high-fructose corn syrup. What customers will find at PCC Natural Markets is almost unheard of: a supermarket free of products containing high-fructose corn syrup. [News Source]

Vitamin Shoppe coming to Hawaii (Honolulu Advertiser) A growing Mainland chain retailing vitamins and nutritional supplements, Vitamin Shoppe, plans to open a half-dozen Hawai'i stores over the next two years, increasing local consumer choices and business competition for health products. [News Source]