You follow a good diet. Not too much (if any) red meat and plenty of fruit and veggies. The only problem is that thanks to a US Government initiative you now have to start looking much harder into where those healthy goodies are coming from.

As you may or may not be aware about half of the energy in the US is still generated by coal fired plants, and these plants are a major source of environmental pollution. One of the nastiest by-products of the energy creation process is FGD gypsum (flue gas desulfurization gypsum).The substance is a synthetic form of the mineral gypsum, and it also contains mercury, arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals. It is created by by power plant "scrubbers" that remove acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide from plant emissions. Great for the environment, but what to do with this excess waste?

Back in the 1930s a discovery changed the face of modern medicine for good – antibiotics. Countless lives have been saved by them since then but in the 21st century antibiotic misuse is making them less effective everyday, which could spell big trouble for everyone.

The problem is that many people (including some medical practitioners) fail to understand, or have forgotten, what antibiotics can and cannot do. The drugs kill bacteria. If you have an ear infection, tuberculosis, or any other bacterial infection, they can work wonders. But for viral infections (colds, flus etc.) they are useless. That fact does not stop thousands of patients rushing to their doctors' offices demanding antibiotics at the first sign of a runny nose. Sadly many times that request is granted.

According to scientists and food industry experts there are certain very common foods that we should all be avoiding to ensure that we all have a happy, healthier New Year. Here are just some of them:

Canned Tomatoes – Great for making a quick Italian dish for dinner, but according to Fredrick vom Saal PhD, an endocrinologist at the University of Missouri, not so good for our health. He says that the linings of cans contain a substance called bisphenol-A, something he has studied extensively. Bisphenol-A is a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to diabetes, obesity, reproductive difficulties and heart disease. The acidity of the tomatoes themselves can cause the substance to leech from the can into the food itself .

There is still a great deal of concern over the H1N1 flu vaccine--more than half of Americans recently surveyed said the chances that they would be seeking the vaccination are slim. The same sentiment holds true in Europe and Canada, as fears over the safety and even the effectiveness of the vaccine continue to grow.

In Canada drug maker GlaxoSmithKline asked the Canadian government to pull a batch of the vaccine they had provided from use while they conducted an internal investigation into reports that those who had received a flu shot from a batch produced in October of this year had experienced higher than expected rates of severe allergies (anaphylaxis).