Vitamin D protects cells from stress that can lead to cancer (News-Medical-Net) By inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme, vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report. [News Source]

Are you vitamin D-ficient? (Miami Herald) Fort Lauderdale Ocean Rescue Lt. Jim McCrady spends 10-hour days patrolling the beach. Most people would worry that's too much sun. But to some, McCrady, 41, is soaking up critical ultra-violet rays. McCrady may be slightly pink at the end of his four-day work week, but there's one thing he's not suffering from: lack of vitamin D. [News Source]

Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc. to Discuss First Quarter 2008 Results for Bondholders (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance) NORTH BERGEN, N.J., May 13, 2008 -- Vitamin Shoppe Industries Inc., a leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of vitamins, minerals and nutritional products, will hold a conference call for its bondholders on Friday, May 16th, at 10:00 am, Eastern Time. [News Source]

Vitamin C in breakthrough reformulation introduced (Sun Star) VITAMIN C, an “indispensable” substance needed by 300 metabolic functions in the body can now be taken in Sodium Ascorbate form. [News Source]

Vitamin D Protects Cells From Stress That Can Lead To Cancer (Science Daily) By inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme, vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer, researchers report. [News Source]

To tread more lightly on the planet, our diets must change. Consumer choice has increased massively, but choice is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Waste, overconsumption and unhealthy diets are rife. [News Source]

Time to cleanse? Think again. Before you fall prey to the country's rampant toxic phobia, ponder the whole notion of detoxification. [News Source]

Roots of Haiti’s food crisis run deep. As the price of U.S. rice soars, experts urge a return to corn and other homegrown staples. But farmer's say there's no turning back in a countryside ravaged by floods, soil erosion, misguided trade policy and ongoing landownership disputes. [News Source]

Red meat diet gets grilling by greenies. A popular Australian diet that encourages high red meat consumption has been attacked as environmentally destructive and dangerous to health. [News Source]

Climate change could lead to `killer cornflakes’ Climate change could lead to "killer cornflakes" with the most potent liver toxin ever recorded, an environmental health conference has been told. [News Source]

Ten things to do to help honeybees. Honeybees are under threat worldwide because of virulent viruses against which they have no natural defences. Nearly all colonies in the wild have died out and without beekeepers to care for them, honeybees could disappear in a few years. [News Source]

It’s not all in your head. New studies have shown increasing links between people who have migraines and a higher risk of stroke and heart attack. [News Source]