Counting Your Carbon Footprint One Meal At a Time
At the COP26 conference this year, there’s a lot of grumbling among activists that official venues are serving meat, even if it’s locally-sourced meat. Animal agriculture has an outsized impact on global warming—up to 14.5% of annual global CO2 emissions, depending on which metrics you include. But here in Glasgow, a serving of meat also comes with a lesson in carbon footprint economics.
Attendees here at COP26 are now informed of the carbon impact of their meals as they peruse the menus. At one restaurant, I was offered a choice between the traditional Scottish meal of haggis, neeps and tatties (stuffed,...
Source: TIME: Science - November 9, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker/Glasgow Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Source Type: news
The Cow That Could Feed the Planet
The cows in Farmer John’s pasture lead an idyllic life. They roam through tree-shaded meadows, tearing up mouthfuls of clover while nursing their calves in tranquility. Tawny brown, compact and muscular, they are Limousins, a breed known for the quality of its meat and much sought-after by the high-end restaurants and butchers in the nearby food mecca of Maastricht, in the southernmost province of the Netherlands. In a year or two, meat from these dozen cows could end up on the plates of Maastricht’s better-known restaurants, but the cows themselves are not headed for the slaughterhouse. Instead, every few mont...
Source: TIME: Science - November 2, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Aryn Baker/Maastricht, Netherlands Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything feature Innovation Magazine Source Type: news
The Enduring Hope of Jane Goodall
In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was around 6 years old, she was often woken from her sleep by the blare of air-raid sirens. The sound warned that Nazi planes were flying over Bournemouth, the English seaside town where Goodall’s family had moved at the outbreak of the war. Her younger sister Judy would be up like a shot, bounding down the stairs to the bomb shelter. But Goodall refused to budge. “I did not want to leave my bed,” she says. “They had to take me down with all my bedclothes.”
Eight decades later, Goodall, now 87, is standing in the living room of the same hou...
Source: TIME: Science - September 30, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized Cover Story Environment feature healthscienceclimate longform Magazine Source Type: news
The Times's Newsletter The Veggie Isn't Just For Vegetarians
The writer behind The Veggie talks about the meatless trend and what she envisions for the newsletter. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Bahr Tags: Quarantine (Life and Culture) Cooking and Cookbooks Vegetarianism Vegetables Newsletters Recipes Veganism Source Type: news
Healthy Directions and Whitaker Nutrition launch new one-a-day...
Healthy Directions and Whitaker Nutrition launch one-a-day vegetarian Vision Essentials ULTRA supplement that brings important new benefits to the growing issues surrounding healthy vision, retinal...(PRWeb July 26, 2021)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/healthy_directions_and_whitaker_nutrition_launch_new_one_a_day_vegetarian_vision_essentials_ultra_supplement_for_comprehensive_eye_support/prweb18091486.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - July 26, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Does a plant-based diet really help beat COVID-19?
It was found that health professionals who reported following diets that are vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian (those that exclude meat but include fish) had a lower risk of developing moderate-to-severe COVID-19. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - June 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Are vegetarians and vegans less likely to get severe Covid?
A NEW study shows there could be a link between severe illness and the diet you have. Are vegetarians and vegans less likely to get severe Covid? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - June 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Should We All Go Pesco-vegetarian? Should We All Go Pesco-vegetarian?
A new study compared the incidence and mortality risk for cardiovascular diseases among people with different types of diets. Is pesco-vegetarian the best choice?European Heart Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Vegetarians Have Better Cholesterol Levels, and More, Than Meat-Eaters Vegetarians Have Better Cholesterol Levels, and More, Than Meat-Eaters
People who follow a long-term vegetarian diet have better levels of a number of cardiovascular biomarkers than meat-eaters, with the greatest benefit seen in total and LDL cholesterol.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - May 11, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Vegetarian Diet Could Help Fight Off Disease: Study
MONDAY, May 10, 2021 -- There ' s more evidence that a switch away from meat in your diet could cut levels of unhealthy " biomarkers " that encourage disease, researchers say.
A new study reported Saturday at the virtual European Congress on Obesity... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 10, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Vegetarian diet lowers risk for cancer, heart disease and chronic conditions, study finds
Compared with meat-eaters, vegetarians have healthier levels of certain substances in their bodies that would potentially be signs of risk for cancer, heart disease and chronic health conditions, a study found. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vegetarians have healthier levels of disease markers than meat-eaters
(European Association for the Study of Obesity) Vegetarians appear to have a healthier biomarker profile than meat-eaters, and this applies to adults of any age and weight, and is also unaffected by smoking and alcohol consumption, according to a new study in over 166,000 UK adults, being presented at this week's European Congress on Obesity (ECO), held online this year. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Two-thirds of Brit men 'would rather die 10 years early' than give up meat
A survey of 2,000 people for No Meat May has found both men and women polled said they viewed a vegan or vegetarian diet as more... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Vitamin B12 deficiency: ‘Psychological problems’ – doctors warn it may be a sign
VITAMIN B12 deficiency isn't usually related to a non-vegetarian's diet, as the nutrient is found in meat, fish, eggs and milk. However, many older people might be lacking it for a variety of reasons. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sero-positivity 'lower' in smokers & vegetarians, says CSIR survey
The survey suggested that despite COVID-19 being a respiratory disease, smoking might be acting as the first line of defence. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - April 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
