According to a new study, antioxidants taken by millions of people worldwide have no effect on increasing their life span. It also includes vitamins A, E and C and beta carotene and selenium.

The new study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, said it's still too early to rule out health benefits of vitamin pills adding that antioxidants are more effective when they are consumed in food rather than pills

According to a report published in the American Journal of Public Health, Americans are not consuming enough folic acid, a B vitamin critical in preventing serious birth defects of the spinal cord and brain and may also protect against heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.

Despite the fact that the Food and Drug Administration mandated folic acid fortification in U.S. grain products such as enriched white rice in 1998 in an attempt to help prevent birth defects many are not getting enough of the life saving vitamin

The Philippines efforts to feed over two million displaced people in war-torn Mindanao in the northern tip of the country, was given a shot in the arm as the Japanese government recently approved the release of $1.2 million for the U.N. feeding program in the region.

The program was being spearheaded by the World Food Program. The WFP ended its 30 years of assistance to the Philippines in 1966 but decided to return to the country at the request of Manila and members of the international donor countries in support of the peace process in Mindanao

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture say cold watermelon is less nutritious than watermelon served at room temperature. They say the warmer melon has more nutrients.

The scientists found that watermelons continue to produce nutrients even after they've been picked and that cooling them slows down the process

According to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists on Wednesday, ice cold watermelons might not give you as many nutrients as room-temperature watermelons could.

Also reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, room temperature watermelons also deliver more nutrients than freshly picked watermelons