Organic Strawberries Have More Antioxidants And Vitamin C But Less Potassium And Phosphorus Organic strawberries were found to have more vitamin C and antioxidants than non-organic ones, and they also had a nicer taste, but are 13.4% smaller and have considerably lower levels of dietary minerals potassium and phosphorous, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS One. As consumers, we are usually willing to pay a bit more for organic produce for reasons of ... [News Source]

Antioxidant supplements again called into question On the other hand, vitamin C did not have an effect on mortality and the antioxidant mineral selenium was associated with a nine per cent decrease in all-cause mortality. [News Source]

Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. Consumers who buy organic fruits and vegetables because they think they're tastier, more nutritious and better for the environment are getting at least some of what they're paying for, according to a study published online ... [News Source]

Little action after lots of green talk. What are you doing to help the environment? Have you ditched the plastic water bottles and carry a reusable one instead. Maybe you bike to work a couple days a week. According to a recent study, there's sometimes a big gap between what we say we should do and what we actually do. [News Source]

Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits. While locavore efforts might seem innocuous, a growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the locavore movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst. [News Source]

Food fights: Locavores, conventional food fans battle over benefits. A growing chorus of writers, politicians and bloggers is challenging the locavore movement, painting it as naive and elitist at best and dangerous to the livelihood of conventional commodity farmers at worst. [News Source]

What’s killing the babies of Kettleman City? In the last two years and 10 months, Kettleman City, California residents say, at least 11 babies have been born with serious birth defects. [News Source]

Low Vitamin D Linked to Heart Failure Deaths Title: Low Vitamin D Linked to Heart Failure Deaths Category: Health News Created: 9/1/2010 11:11:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 11:11:12 AM [News Source]

Vitamin A controversy: Seven Haryana students hospitalised again The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven of them had to be re-admitted to hospital. [News Source]

High vitamin D level improves survival rate in heart failure patients: Study Survival rates in heart failure patients with reduced levels of vitamin D are lower than in patients with normal levels. This is the finding of a major study carried out at University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands. Results also suggest that low levels of vitamin D are associated with activation of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS - a pivotal regulatory system in heart failure) and an ... [News Source]