Lower your carbon — cholesterol may follow. The C-words of the past--calories, carbs, cholesterol--have been eclipsed by an overlord indifferent to weight loss, diabetes and heart disease. The new C-word is carbon, and it's contributing to global climate change. [News Source]

What food crisis? The global food crisis is fixable, and with intelligent land management even the great British bacon-and-egg breakfast should be safe -- unless doctors apply health warnings to what has been called "a heart attack on a plate." [News Source]

Top 10 reasons why it’s green to go veggie. What we choose to eat is one of the most significant factors in the personal impact we have on the environment and the fastest path to climate change. [News Source]

Farm bill: Making America fat and polluted, one subsidy at a time. Congress is staggering toward completion of a nearly $300 billion farm bill that upholds subsidies for big farmers and food corporations – undermining vital efforts to make our food supply more healthful and sustainable. [News Source]

Rice price rise takes toll in Manila slum. It is in the heaving slums of Asia, amid sagging tin shacks and streets afloat with waste, that the soaring global price for rice hits hardest. [News Source]

Are vitamins killing us? (China Daily) Every vitamin devotee everywhere will be outraged. Anyone who has ever pondered the life-enhancing claims on the seductive tubs of supplements lining the shelves of the pharmacists must be doing a double take. According to a group of scientists, some should come with a health warning: These supplements could shorten your life. [News Source]

Future of healthy school meals in the balance.

School caterers are struggling to keep healthy meals on the menu as the price of basic ingredients soars.

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Firms use Earth Day to show their green side. As corporate America gets greener, Earth Day is following the path of Valentine's Day, Easter and Christmas, and turning into a corporate marketing opportunity. [News Source]

Be healthy, go green. This Earth Day comes as many in Asheville are working on living a healthier lifestyle. [News Source]

Go for veggies to curb the perils of global climate warming. Go for veggies if you want to do your bit to prevent greenhouse gas emissions, researchers have suggested, claiming that it is the dietary choice, not food miles, which most determines a household’s food-related climate impacts. [News Source]

Your Health: Experts recommend daily doses of vitamin D at 1,000 to 2,000 units (Tri-State Neighbor) Q:As a physician, I have been testing my patients for 25-hydroxy vitamin D for several months. Many are deficient, and some have symptoms of pain and muscle weakness. [News Source]

Vitamin D pills for risk groups may be warranted: experts (Nutraingredients.com) Bruce Ames and Joyce McCann from the Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland state that the evidence overall indicates that inexpensive and prudent supplementation is warranted for groups whose vitamin D status is exceptionally low, particularly nursing infants, the elderly, and African Americans. [News Source]