According to a new study people who eat rice have more nutritious diets that are higher in 12 essential vitamins and minerals, including folic acid, potassium and vitamin C and lower in saturated fat and added sugar, than the diets of non-rice eaters. The study also shows that rice eaters have a lower risk of high blood pressure and of being overweight, and may have a reduced risk of heart disease, type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

"We saw a trend toward healthier eating and more favorable risk factors for disease, such as lower blood pressure and waist circumference for all age groups, with the most significant findings among adults aged 19-50," said study contributor Julie Upton, MS, RD, who presented the data at the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo 2007 (FNCE) meeting. "This is good news for Americans looking to make a change in their diet because it suggests that adding rice to the diet may promote healthier food choices

The combination of fat and vitamin C in the stomach may promote, rather than prevent, the formation of certain cancer causing chemicals, reveals new European research.

Researchers at Western Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland, analyzed the interaction between vitamin C and lipids (fats) in the upper stomach, which is prone to pre-cancerous changes and tumour growth

Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid is one of the most well known supplements. Most mothers and pediatricians used this vitamin as way to prevent common colds in their newborns and children.

However, new studies have shown that Vitamin C does little to prevent or shorten the length of colds. A joint effort between the Australian National University and University of Helsinki, which studied 11,000 people who took daily doses of Vitamin C measuring 200 milligrams, showed that the Vitamin had no effect on preventing colds or shortening their length. However, people exposed to extreme temperatures were less likely to catch colds if they took Vitamin C everyday

In the latest research, scientists have debunked the long-time myth that common cold can be cured by taking Vitamin C.

Scientists from Britain and Australia now say that the Vitamin C supplements, commonly perceived to be a remedy for common cold, have little effectiveness in prevention of cold and are useless at dealing with symptoms

A study has found that Echinacea, the alternative popular herbal remedy is still the best way to cure the common cold. The herbal medicine not only reduces a person's chance of catching a cold by 58 percent but also cuts the duration of a cold by an average of 1.4 days.

The study, which is published in the July edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, was carried out by a team of researchers led by Dr. Craig Coleman from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut