Free Vitamins And Supplements!! (KEYT 3 Santa Barbara) Those of you born before 1949 are eligible for a free 6 month supply of free Centrum Silver multi-vitamins and Caltrate supplements. The City of Thousand Oaks Council on Aging are offering the free vitamins through a pilot program by the Ventura County Area on Aging and "Nourish America." [News Source]

Vitamin B 9 may blunt heart attack damage (UPI) Folate -- vitamin B 9 – potentially may be used to limit the damage of a heart attack, U.S. researchers say. [News Source]

Too Little Vitamin D May Soften Baby’s Skull (MedicineNet.com) Title: Too Little Vitamin D May Soften Baby's Skull Category: Health News Created: 3/27/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 3/27/2008 [News Source]

Hampton woman fights children’s exposure to toxins.

More than 125 million children and adults suffer from diseases and health conditions such as cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, attention deficit disorder, and learning and developmental disabilities potentially linked to exposure to toxins.

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Personal pyramid planner builds menus to your design. If you're looking for guidance on how to improve your diet, the Department of Agriculture has a new menu-planning tool that could become your new best friend. [News Source]

Trumpeting a move to put the sun in SunChips. The Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo is adding solar power to its plant in Modesto, Calif. that makes SunChips, to help transform the snack chips into a “green” brand. Environmental themes are changing how marketers talk to consumers. [News Source]

Sweet hope. In the hunt for better treatments for the growing and related epidemics of diabetes and obesity, researchers may have uncovered an unlikely drug: sugar. [News Source]

Small may not be beautiful. We may already be eating the products of nanotechnology but we have no way of knowing. [News Source]

Plan would leave PCB risk. General Electric's proposed cleanup of the Housatonic River would leave fish inedible in many stretches of the river, unsafe for human consumption because of high PCB levels. [News Source]

Brief, High Doses Of Folate — B Vitamin — Blunt Damage From Heart Attack (Science Daily) Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects of heart attack when given in short-term, high doses to test animals. [News Source]

Interview with Michael Pollan. Is American agriculture pervasively tainted by big business? [News Source]

The coming food catastrophe. The era of cheap food is over: food costs worldwide rose by 23 per cent between 2006 and 2007 due to increased demand, global warming and the rage for bio-fuels. [News Source]