8:00 am in Food & Health, health, nutrition by TreeHugger
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A holistically healthy lifestyle marked by ample exercise and a healthy whole foods diet means less
risk of Alzheimer's. Basically, the way you treat your body has a lot to do with your mind. New research links activity level, blood pressure, weight, and smoking to Alzheimer's, according to the
Washington Times. And prevention is c...
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8:00 am in Food & Health, food safety, health, politics by TreeHugger
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Years ago when
salmonella scares surfaced the mere idea of them sent waves of fear into the heart of us. But today these scares have gone a step further into
drug resistant territory. The latest in a growing trend of drug resistant outbreaks is tied to ground turkey and as a result, 36 million pounds of Cargill turkey products have be...
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5:00 pm in Food & Health, health, nutrition, organic by TreeHugger
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A recent
Thompson Reuters poll found that 58 percent of consumers prefer organic to conventional foods if given the choice, according to an article on
Huffington Post. The numbers are highest in the young and educated segments of the population. But does this mean that we're buying more organic than conventional? Not so fast....
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11:28 am in food, Food & Health, health by TreeHugger
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I recently posted about Scientific American's article
It's Time to End the War on Salt; I wrote
Is It Time To End The War On Salt? In A Word, No, suggesting a link between salt and obesity. Food Politics author Marion Nestle didn't like the article either, and complained to Scientific American, who then interviewed her. Her key point was t...
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10:15 am in Food & Health, health, nutrition, organic, vegetarian by TreeHugger
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Just in time for the Fourth of July, let's take a closer look at hot dogs. Are they dangerous? What about organic and natural products? Recently
The New York Times examined some misleading hot dog labels. Consumers are especially concerned with avoiding
nitrates and nitrites because of their link to cancer but it turns out confusing labeling could be giving us a false sense of security....
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1:13 pm in chemical sensitivity, Food & Health, health by TreeHugger
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A few years back there was a panic over teflon cookware; we recommended that readers
Dump those Teflon Pans, then
formulae and methods were changed, then our Chemist John wrote that
Consumer Reports Debunks the Teflon Pan/PFOA Exposure Myth. But perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are in lots of stuff, including everything from microwave popcorn bags...
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9:32 am in bikes, biking, health, ride your bike by TreeHugger
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John Tierney of the
New York Times has never been my favourite science columnist, but he appears to know his bikes and commutes 16 miles a day. He uses a no-nose seat, calling it a "no-brainer." He asks:
Why, if you had an easy alternative, would you take any risk with that part of the anatomy? Even if you didn't feel any symptoms, even if you didn't believe the researchers' warnings, even if you thought it was perfectly healthy to feel numb during a ride -- why not sw...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Canada's reputation has taken such an international hit over its continued export of asbestos to the developing world when it bans the use of the stuff at home. Really, even the 
Onna yu ("Bathhouse Women") by Torii Kiyonaga
Siegfried Giedion, in Mechanization Takes Command, writes:
