Recent Health and Wellness Headlines: - Kathleen M. Raver, 94

Here's a round up of some recent news stories on nutrition, health, wellness, exercise and all the rest. There's a lot out there! -

Kathleen M. Raver, 94
Baltimore Sun - now McDaniel College, and studied nutrition at Pennsylvania State University. During the 1930s, she was a student dietitian at the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Dietetics, where she studied with Dr. Elmer V. McCollum, who had discovered Vitamin A

Mirror Money
Daily Mirror - Added vitamins - vitamin C (30mg). Jacky says: "This has a low juice content and vitamin C and zinc have been added." Blackcurrant and Apple Fruit Shoot (200ml). Fruit juice content nine per cent. Additives and preservatives - water, citric acid

Health Ingredients
Nutra Ingredients - Coenzyme Q10 (co Q10), also called ubiquinone, is a vitamin-like substance. Its structure is similar to vitamin E and vitamin K, but it has different and unique functions. Coenzyme Q10 is an essential mitochondrial component where the energy

Fruit, Fish Help Teens Fight Asthma
The Ledger - The vitamin C in fruit and the omega-3 fatty acids in fish could help tame teens' asthma symptoms, a new study finds. "Teens that have the lowest intake of fruits, vitamin C and omega-3 fatty acids tended to have lower pulmonary function and reported

DSM Nutritional Products Ups the Price of Vitamin E by 10%
Food Ingredients First - Sep 4,2007 -This adjustment is effective immediately for all newly contracted business and is in-line with already realized price increases for Vitamin E in the Animal Nutrition market. 04/09/07 DSM Nutritional Products has announces a worldwide

Vitamin D and Moms-to-be
WKRG - During pregnancy, women do all they can to ensure a healthy baby, but a new study finds a large percentage of moms and babies are lacking one important vitamin. Megham Kluesner did all she could to care for her unborn baby. She began with prenatal

Eat Right, Live Well
Egypt Today - Sometimes too much of a good thing can be harmful, warns Aboul Fotouh, shifting to the recent craze of vitamin supplements. If we are talking about a healthy person with no medical problems, then the super foods for them are all fruits and

The Solution To Vitamin E Failure
Medical News Today - Vitamin E has failed to prevent heart attacks because dosages taken were far too low, according to a new study from Vanderbilt University, but the solution is not as simple as taking larger amounts of the vitamin. According to the study, published in

Fat in stomach may cause Vitamin C to promote carcinogens
Onlypunjab.com - A new study has given people another good reason to lose all that extra weight by finding that fat in the stomach may cause vitamin C to promote the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals rather than preventing it. As a part of their study the

30% of women in UAE have osteoporosis
Zawya.com - To achieve peak bone mass one needs a diet adequate in calcium, vitamin D and good exercise during the early phases of life. Osteoporosis runs in families; having a parent or sibling with osteoporosis puts a person at greater risk. "I advise patients

How to minimize bruising
Miami Herald - First, consider whether nutritional deficiencies are exacerbating the problem. In particular, make sure you're getting enough vitamin C, vitamin K, and zinc. Iron deficiency could also be the culprit; talk to your doctor if you think it's affecting

Skippy takes 1st place in peanut butter tasting
Newsday - Peanut butter is a good source of vitamin E, niacin, iron and calcium. Plus, it's satisfying and filling, which makes it less likely that your kid will require a dose of Oreos. AND THE WINNERS ARE . . . We conducted a blind taste test with 11

Pets need good nutrition too
Longview News-Journal - Founded by Kathy McCommon, the organization's meetings each month have featured speakers in subjects as diverse as massage therapy to natural vitamin supplementation. This month the speaker was Dr. Brian Reeves, a veterinarian with the Reeves

Study Identifies Factors Influencing Food Choice and Solutions for
Forbes - The research showed that people are eating too much fat, calories, added sugar and sodium, and not enough important nutrients such as fiber, vitamin A and calcium. For example: — Americans are only getting 77% of the daily value recommended for