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)

Sulforaphane, a compound found in broccoli, could reverse the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels, research suggests.

Researchers from the University of Warwick tested the effects of sulforaphane on blood vessel cells damaged by high glucose levels (hyperglycemia), usually associated with diabetes. The results indicated a 73 percent reduction of molecules in the body called Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), BBC news reported

Dunkin' Donuts has given in to pressure by health advocates to offer more healthy items on their menu. Beginning Aug. 6, the popular donut chain will add on its offerings two new flatbread sandwiches below 300 calories and 9 grams or less of fat.

Called DDSmart, the sandwiches will be made of egg white and will offer two fillings - turkey sausage or vegetable. The DDSmart menu will feature items with 25 percent less calories, sugar, fat or sodium and have ingredients that are nutritionally beneficial

Serrano peppers from Mexico are now being linked to the salmonella outbreak in the U.S. after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the bacteria strain at a Mexican farm growing the hot chili.

The salmonella Saintpaul strain found in the irrigation water and serrano peppers grown at a farm in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, prompted the FDA to issue a public warning against eating serranos

A new study has linked tofu with low sperm concentrations in obese Western men.

Jorge Chavarro, leader of the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition study, attributed the finding to the isoflavones content of soy, which can mimic the effect of estrogen. Previous studies in animals have shown that high consumption of isoflavones results in infertility