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by Charles Stuart Platkin
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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From the "hmmm" files. This is from the prestigious journal Lancet. Promotion of healthy urban transport policies, such as walking and cycling, would help reduce both world oil demand and global food insecurity — not only through less car use overall, but by reducing the excess demands on food and car use from the obese part of the population. The issues are discussed in this week’s edition of the Lancet by Dr Phil Edwards and Dr Ian Roberts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
The authors say: “Motorised transport is more than 95% oil dependent and accounts for almost half of world oil use. Because oil is a key agricultural input, demand for transportation fuel affects food prices. Increased car use also contributes to rising food prices by promoting obesity, which, for the reasons outlined below, increases the global demand for food.” |
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by Charles Stuart Platkin
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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(Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine ) Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining dietary intake among a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S. The Einstein researchers actually observed a significantly increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with lower sodium diets. They report their findings in the advance online edition of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
The researchers analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), which was conducted by the federal government among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. These data were then compared against death records that had been collected by the government through the year 2000. The sample of approximately 8,700 represented American adults who were over 30 years of age at the time of the baseline survey (1988-1994) and were not on a special low-salt diet. |
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by Melissa Goldberg
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
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 My husband and I are not big drinkers but recently we both wanted a beer. In trying to make our home, and lives, greener we decided to try an organic beer. On a recommendation from a Whole Foods employee, we bought Peaks Organic Amber Ale. The beer was tasty and a great alternative to our favorite non-organic beer Sam Adams.
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by Elliot Montgomery Sklar
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Recession or not, our society is consumed by consumerism. The government wants us to spend our economic stimulus package domestically; a joke says that prostitution and boozing are the last domestic products and services. |
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by Charles Stuart Platkin
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
The type of activity undertaken, at what time in life and the woman’s body mass index (BMI) will determine how protective the activity is against the disease. |
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