The international environment group Greenpeace International has found traces of 59 substances in fruits and vegetables harvested in Germany.

Use of these substances is illegal in Germany and the European Union. Three-quarters of the substances are harmful to humans and the environment based on data provided in 2006 by the German Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food Safety

Health experts at the University of Western Ontario recommend that people drink water, not fruit juices to take medicine. A study by university researchers showed some juices drastically reduce the body's ability to absorb some drugs.

Drugs that interact with juices includes medications for life-threatening conditions such as cancer and heart ailments. For instance, antihistamine, when taken with grapefruit juice, will only be 50 percent absorbed by the body

For patients with coronary artery disease, supplementing with B vitamins and folic acid does not reduce the risk associated with it, a new study has found.

The new study, reported in the Aug. 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed almost 3,100 volunteers. Three-quarters of them took various doses of vitamin B and folic acid (which is chemically a B vitamin), while the others got a placebo, an inactive substance

Comparison shopping by a United Kingdom newspaper showed that organic veggies cost 22 percent more in British supermarkets than those sold by box delivery schemes and local grocers.

A large box of greens made up of fennel, chard leaves, runner beans, courgettes and potatoes from Riverford, U.K.'s largest organic delivery business, totaled $29.78 (15.95 pound)

Consumption of as much as two fruit juices a day could increase the risk of diabetes in African-American women by almost a third, a new study suggests.

The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, tracked 43,000 participants in the Black Women's Health Study for a decade to find out how drinking patterns affected diabetes risk. Women who had fruit drinks including Kool- Aid, fruit punch, Snapple and juices were 31 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who did not