Japanese treasure hunters race to exploit seabed rocks for high-tech industries (Times Online) The Japanese Government is secretly hatching plans for a huge underwater treasure hunt in the depths of the East China Sea in an urgent effort to secure supplies of the “vitamins of industry”. [News Source]

Cold Remedies (WebMD) Looking for a natural cold remedy? What about zinc, echinacea, and vitamin C? Get 12 tips for fighting off a cold naturally. [News Source]

Maybe fast food doesn’t explain the obesity epidemic. The food-only focus adopted by nostalgic health officials and radical nutrition activists distracts the public from a larger issue when considering obesity — our activity-free lifestyles. [News Source]

Pregnant women asked to increase vitamin D intake during winter months (EARTHtimes.org) LONDON - The Department of Health has asked pregnant and breastfeeding women to increase their intake of vitamin D so as to prevent rickets in their children. This initiative followed reports that cases of rickets in UK children are on the rise. [News Source]

Vitamin A Suppresses Type 1 Diabetes in Animal Study (Agricultural Research Magazine) Pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes and many other holiday favorites are rich in vitamin A, a nutrient essential for good health. Now a study by Agricultural Research Service ( ARS ) nutrition scientists has shown, for the first time, that high levels of vitamin A can suppress development of type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice prone to that disease. [News Source]

Drug target to stop cancer spread. UK scientists have uncovered a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body. [News Source]

Rich life emerges from nature’s freezer. Temperatures are rising faster in the Arctic than just about anywhere else on Earth. If you want to understand how that will affect life we can see, you have to know what it means for organisms like the polychaete larvae. [News Source]

UK tells pregnant women to boost vitamin D intake (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The British government has told pregnant and breastfeeding women to increase their intake of vitamin D during the darker winter months to reduce the risk of seizures and the bone disease rickets in their children. [News Source]

Doctors fear rickets resurgence (BBC News) Pregnant women must boost their vitamin D intake during winter to ward off rickets in children, says the government. [News Source]

Vitamin D call to pregnant women (icTheWharf) Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government has said. The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding. [News Source]

Vitamin D call to pregnant women (ic Ealing.co.uk) Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government has said. The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding. [News Source]

Vitamin D call to pregnant women (Channel 4) Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government has said. The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding. [News Source]