Vitamin D May Help Diminish Symptoms of Depression in Your Child Research shows a daily dose of this vitamin can help keep your kid from succumbing to depression. [News Source]

A lack of vitamin D can lead to brain fog Q: I am 55 and was diagnosed with osteoporosis last April. I just learned that I am deficient in vitamin D. [News Source]

Vitamin D can help turn health around The winter is upon us, with a lack of daylight hours, cloudy days and temperamental weather. And so we pack on the winter pounds, get the winter blues and go into relative metabolic hibernation until spring arrives. But what if we could circumvent some of this seasonal downturn in our health? [News Source]

Vital vitamins: Six essential power pills No matter how balanced, your daily diet may still be missing a few key beneficial vitamins. Check out these six essential vitamins that are commonly considered the most-important supplements to round-out a healthy lifestyle, according to Livestrong. [News Source]

Cardio-friendly foods biggest opportunity for vitamin K2, predicts NattoPharma Carlsson was speaking to NutraIngredients-USA after preliminary findings from a three-year human intervention study using NattoPharma’s natural vitamin K2 MenaQ7 had generated encouraging results on cardiovascular and bone health parameters. [News Source]

Global warming: How will Arctic ecosystems change? As Arctic sea ice melts at an unrelenting pace, marine biologists are trying to understand how ecosystems in the North Pole region may change and how the increase in hunting territory available to killer whales in the Arctic could seriously affect the marine ecosystem balance. [News Source]

Don’t blame C-sections for fat children. Children born by Cesarean section are no more likely to become obese than if they are born vaginally, according to a Brazilian study. [News Source]

San Joaquin Valley farmers may have cure for poisoned cropland. The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of the San Joaquin Valley. As it grows, the cactus slowly absorbs and cleans up a chemical villain in the soil -- selenium. [News Source]

Florida food stamp bill is latest attempt to restrict junk food. Florida legislation is the latest to prohibit shoppers from buying 'nonstaple, unhealthy foods' with federal aid. It's a trend driven by health concerns but also by tight budgets. [News Source]

Florida food stamp bill is latest attempt to restrict junk food. Florida legislation is the latest to prohibit shoppers from buying 'nonstaple, unhealthy foods' with federal aid. It's a trend driven by health concerns but also by tight budgets. [News Source]

Vitamin D boosts fertility Couples trying for a baby should take a sunshine break as researchers say vitamin D can improve fertility [News Source]

Sunlight ‘Can Boost Fertility’ Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is vital in rebalancing female sex hormones and can also improve sperm count in men, a report in the Daily Mail, quoting a Medical University of Graz (Austria) study, noted. [News Source]