Cooking Healthy - We cannot resist: Give peas a chance (Winston-Salem Journal) Sweet and starchy, green peas are a great source of many vitamins and nutrients, including vitamin C and folic acid. They also are a great source of dietary fiber and plant proteins. [News Source]

Fear of rice riots as surge in demand hits nations across the Far East. For Asia's 2.5 billion people who depend on rice, panic over food shortages shows what happens when farm productivity growth halves over two decades and when bad weather or disease exposes fragile dependencies on the exports of a few nations. [News Source]

Domestic woes endanger Fukuda’s hopes for big G8 splash. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda over the weekend restated his resolve to demonstrate leadership on environmental and other issues at the Group of Eight summit in July, as he made his first visit to the main venue in Hokkaido. [News Source]

A Pueblo mystery. Why, in the late 13th century, did thousands of Anasazi abandon Kayenta, Mesa Verde and the other magnificent settlements of the Colorado Plateau and move south into Arizona and New Mexico? [News Source]

Why you can’t tell where your medication was made. Consumers and physicians are asking why pharmaceuticals aren't labeled with their country of origin since the deaths of 19 people in the U.S. were linked to contaminated batches of heparin from China. [News Source]

Should Children Take Vitamins? (WCVB Boston) We all want our children to be healthy. Some of us give them vitamins to make sure they get the nutrients they need. But as Heather Unruh reported Tuesday, daily chewable vitamins may not be the answer. [News Source]

Are synthetic products good for you? (Cape Argus)

Science Synthetic substances are usually studied and tested by scientists for efficiency and safety. For example, tretinoin, the active ingredient in Retin-A and Renova, is a chemically-modified form of vitamin A that’s well researched.

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Finally, ‘healthy’ super chocolate! (New Kerala) Sydney, April 8 : It is packed with vitamins, low on fat, does not melt at high temperatures and can last for years - yes, it is super chocolate. [News Source]