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RICKETS RESURFACES Talk about a paradox. Breast-feeding mothers who actually listen to their pediatrician and slather their kids with sunscreen may be creating another problem: vitamin D deficiency. Fortified formula and sunlight are two excellent sources of the nutrient, and now researchers say that rickets--a bone-weakening disease linked to lack of D--is on the rise in children. You might consider supplementing mother's milk with formula or giving your child a multi-vitamin containing D. Caution: too much D--more than 400 IUs from all sources daily--is toxic to toddlers...
...husks. Once those drab coverings were stripped away and the interiors polished to a glossy sheen, Potrykus and his colleagues would behold the seeds' golden secret. At their core, these grains were not pearly white, as ordinary rice is, but a very pale yellow--courtesy of beta-carotene, the nutrient that serves as a building block for vitamin...
...Students and researchers enjoy laboratories for nutrient analysis, physiological and population ecology, greenhouses, herbarium and a computer laboratory, according to the forest's Web site. Students and staff can live in apartments owned by the Harvard Forest...
...Spirulina, a nutrient-dense form of blue-green algae, is said to promote increased energy, as well as support internal cleansing...
...representative of the U.S. meat and poultry industry, I was both dismayed and insulted by Ayres' doomsday article. Modern agriculture and meat production are among the miraculous accomplishments of the 20th century. Today our livestock and poultry convert feed into nutrient-dense protein with phenomenal and increasing efficiency. Cattle graze on rugged, mountainous lands that can be used for little else. The agriculture and meat industries should be commended for embracing--not avoiding--the science and technology that have enabled Americans to have the most nutritious and wholesome food supply found anywhere. J. PATRICK BOYLE, PRESIDENT AND CEO American Meat...