A Healthy Beginning (Winston-Salem Journal) Michele Armstrong didn't plan on having a fourth child. So it was a happy surprise for her, her husband and their three sons - ages 6, 8 and 10 - when Michele found out she was pregnant. She immediately began taking her prenatal vitamins, cut her caffeine consumption and gave up her beloved sushi. She has been more conscious about getting fruits and vegetables into her diet. She exercises ... [News Source]

TAEKWONDO FUNDRAISER (Queens Chronicle) Angel Redondo TaeKwonDo held a fundraiser for The River Fund on Saturday, March 15. It was inspired by a student of Angel Redondo’s who also volunteers at The River Fund, a food pantry that distributes food, snacks, clothing, vitamins, coats and toys through its various programs. [News Source]

More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk (MedicineNet.com) Title: More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk Category: Health News Created: 3/22/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/24/2008 [News Source]

Soak in sun for Vitamin D (Fremont Tribune)

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Low-risk landscaping: It’s time to turf the toxins. Chemicals are hard to avoid. Pesticides don't stay where you put them, as people drinking groundwater are keenly aware. The only answer is to keep the chemicals out of the neighbourhood. [News Source]

New limits to growth revive Malthusian fears. Some resources now in great demand have no substitutes. In the 18th century, England responded to dwindling timber supplies by shifting to abundant coal. But there can be no such replacement for arable land and fresh water. [News Source]

Food industry advertising draws fire from children’s health advocates. As a potentially crucial meeting of members of the World Health Organization draws near in May, anti-obesity groups and the food industry accuse each other of dealing in misinformation. [News Source]

Food to fuel drives wheat prices. Short supply and high demand for wheat means prices are at record levels, and rising. But the high cost of wheat is bad news for people who buy it. [News Source]

How safe is your food? In recent years, widely publicized recalls for everything from peanut butter to pot pies have some consumers wondering how these potentially contaminated products slip through the cracks of the U.S. food safety system. [News Source]

Bears face new toxic threat. Testing 128 polar bears from East Greenland, the researchers found that the levels of a family of industrial chemicals called perfluoroalkyl contaminants have been increasing between 19 and 27 per cent annually since 2000. [News Source]

Robust peas pack in Vitamin C, folic acid (Denver Post) Green peas are so robust they can be planted in spring when the ground temperature has reached just 50 degrees. [News Source]

No evidence that vitamin E reduces scars (Seattle Times) Q: I think you have alarmed people unnecessarily with your remarks on vitamin E. You said that applying vitamin E oil to scars did not help... [News Source]