SA’s economy needs to clean up and slim down. South Africa has created an economy that is hugely energy-intensive and most of this energy comes from “dirty” power sources. [News Source]

Hero Nutritionals Introduces a New Adult Vitamin for the Taste Buds (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Heeding the voice of the public, Hero Nutritionals, Inc. is launching Slice of Life, a complete line of gummy vitamins for adults. Hero Nutritionals, manufacturer of Yummi Bears, the original gummy vitamin delivery system, reacted to an ever growing demand from moms buying Yummi Bears, for an adult version of the product identified as the taste leader in the category. [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.

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Officials, aid experts discuss global hunger crisis.

The possible solutions to the first global food crisis since World War II - which the World Food Program says threatens 20 million of the poorest children - are complex and controversial.

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World food crisis hits home. As the world faces its first global food crisis since World War II, even American consumers are starting to fret. [News Source]

Be healthy, go green. While eating locally grown fruit and riding a bike to work are good ways to help slim down your waistline and reduce your risk of chronic diseases, they are also good ways to reduce the impact you have on the environment. [News Source]

More fat, less fruit for toddlers. Nurseries are feeding children too much fruit and vegetables, and not enough fat, protein and sugar, according to a group of doctors and children's charities. [News Source]

Breakfast cereals boost chances of conceiving boys. Some people put a hammer under the pillow. Others drink coffee. Now we can reveal a method that apparently really does affect the chances of having a boy: eat cereal for breakfast. [News Source]

High-calorie diet linked to boys. A woman's diet around the time of conception may influence the gender of her baby, research suggests. [News Source]

Diet before pregnancy can affect baby’s sex, new research suggests. The first evidence that women can influence the sex of their child by what they eat before they become pregnant is published today. [News Source]

An appetite for sex. The sex of new babies is influenced by the mother's diet before she conceives, a new study suggests. [News Source]

Kids’ vitamins on trial: Packed with goodness or just a load of dangerous junk? (Daily Mail) More and more parents are reaching for multi-vitamins to fill the five fruit and veg a day gap. But many will be alarmed to learn the real contents of these supposedly healthy food supplements. Our expert sort the good from the bad [News Source]