Low vitamin D may mean fatter, weaker muscles: Study (Nutraingredients.com) A study with 90 young women aged between 16 and 22 found that almost 60 per cent were vitamin D insufficient, and that muscle fat levels were higher in these women, compared with women with normal vitamin D levels, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. [News Source]

Answer it: Vitamin E nutrition quiz (Lansing State Journal) Have you given much thought to vitamin E? Didn't think so. Not to worry: Despite the average person's indifference, this potent antioxidant continues its valiant struggle against those harmful free radicals. Take our true-false quiz on vitamin E. 1. Deficiencies in vitamin E can cause sensory neuropathy, a loss of feeling in the hands and feet. 2. Deficiencies in vitamin E are rare. 3. The ... [News Source]