Changing turkeys’ diets prevents foodborne ills. Thanksgiving turkeys — and other poultry — are less likely to be contaminated with bacteria that can cause food poisoning if the birds chowed on natural feed ingredients, scientists have found. [News Source]

Calls grow for infant formula recall. Disclosure that tests have detected traces of contamination in several major brands of infant formula generated concern and confusion Wednesday, with a national consumer group and the Illinois attorney general demanding an FDA recall. [News Source]

Vitamin K Linked To Insulin Resistance In Older Men (Medical News Today) Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA). [News Source]

Vitamin K may have anti-diabetes benefits: Study (Nutraingredients.com) Insulin resistance, whereby insufficient insulin is released to produce a normal glucose response from fat, muscle and liver cells, was significantly lower in men following a daily vitamin K1 supplement, according to results of a 36-month, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. [News Source]

Vitamin K may have anti-diabetes benefits: Study (Nutraingredients.com) Insulin resistance, whereby insufficient insulin is released to produce a normal glucose response from fat, muscle and liver cells, was significantly lower in men following a daily vitamin K1 supplement, according to results of a 36-month, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. [News Source]

Vitamin K ‘lowers insulin resistance in older men’ (New Kerala) Washington, Nov 27 : Vitamin K supplementation can significantly reduce insulin resistance in elderly men, say researchers. [News Source]

Vitamin K Linked To Insulin Resistance In Older Men (BioresearchOnline) Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA). [News Source]

Vitamin K appears to slow development of insulin resistance in elderly men (News-Medical-Net) Vitamin K slowed the development of insulin resistance in elderly men in a study of 355 non-diabetic men and women ages 60 to 80 who completed a three-year clinical trial at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA). [News Source]

Globalization and food. The Food and Agricultural Organization reported that in 2001-2003 there were an estimated 854 million undernourished people. [News Source]

Governor Paterson takes on asthma. In New York State, more than 370-thousand children are battling asthma. [News Source]

FDA finds traces of melamine in US infant formula. Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. [News Source]

Prices of Vitamin C increased (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) on Wednesday increased the prices of bulk drugs, including Vitamin C, in response to the demands of the pharmaceutical industry. The price of Vitamin C ... [News Source]