Some studies indicate vitamin D may boost heart health (Contra Costa Times) Is vitamin D the next big thing in heart health? "I'm cautiously optimistic," says Dr. Amit Khera, Director of the Preventive Cardiology Program at University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center and chairman of the American Heart Association's State Advocacy Committee. [News Source]

Vitamin D Supplements May Cut Heart Disease Risk (WebMD) Vitamin D supplements may cut heart disease risk. [News Source]

Staying alive: Insufficient vitamin C causes perinatal lethality in mice (EurekAlert!) Vitamin C is indispensible for life. We obtain all our vitamin C from out diet and several tightly regulated processes control our vitamin C levels. One protein involved in this is Slc23a1, but its in vivo importance has not been determined. However, researchers have now identified several crucial functions for Slc23a1 in mice: it is involved in absorption of vitamin C by the kidney and in ... [News Source]

Calcium, vitamin D pills don’t help heart: study (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Don't expect your calcium and vitamin D supplements to improve your heart health or prevent a stroke, according to a systematic review of published studies. [News Source]

A Meal Replacement That Satisfies Hunger (OfficialWire) Raw Meal goes beyond organic by offering live probiotics and enzymes , Vitamin Code® Raw Food-Created vitamins and minerals, as well as nutrient Code Factors™ such as beta-glucans, SOD, glutathione and CoQ10, enabling natural recognition by your body. [News Source]

LA Times gets it wrong, but so does the FDA? (Nutraingredients.com) An LA Times article drawing attention to FDA-approved labeling has stated that the FDA does not regulate, “vitamins, herbs or other dietary supplements”, and quoted an FDA official stating ‘health-promoting’ claims require no agency evaluation. [News Source]

NUTRILITE(R) Launches Vitamin D3 2000 IU Plus Vitamin K2 - a Supplement as Natural as the Sun (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) NUTRILITE®, a world leading nutritional supplement brand, just launched its newest product, Vitamin D3 2000 IU plus Vitamin K2.  NUTRILITE Vitamin D3 2000 IU plus Vitamin K2 is formulated with the naturally occurring form of Vitamin D your body produces when exposed to sunlight â in an amount that's equal to 20 eight ounce glasses of milk. [News Source]

Polar bears, grizzlies could soon compete for territory. Hungry grizzly bears are increasingly encroaching on their northern counterparts' territory in Northern Manitoba, according to experts. [News Source]

Chemical causes high contamination levels in Atlantic dolphins. A closed chemical factory on a Brunswick marsh has caused record-high PCB contamination in Atlantic bottlenose dolphins that ate polluted fish, scientists have concluded. [News Source]

Opposition mounts to ‘factory farm’ plans that will house 8,100 cows. Opposition is mounting over a plan to farm 8,100 cows in "battery conditions" at Britain's largest dairy – a complex of indoor hangars that protesters say will match the carbon emissions of 3,000 homes. [News Source]

Mission Pharmacal Launches New Vitamin B6-Rich Prescription Prenatal Vitamin, CitraNatal(R) B-Calm (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Mission Pharmacal announced today the addition of CitraNatal® B-Calm to its CitraNatal® family of prescription prenatal vitamins.  CitraNatal B-Calm offers gentle prenatal nutrition plus the benefits of additional vitamin B6, which supplements a woman's own defense against severe pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting.  Emerging science suggests that vitamin B6 supplementation can be ... [News Source]

The Good Fight: Greg Holmes (Northern Express) The Good Fight:Did nutrition, vitamins and a wife’s love save Greg Holmes? By Anne Stanton Greg Holmes remembers reading a Wall Street Journal article in March of 2004 with more interest than usual. [News Source]