I read an interesting article stating that being overweight can actually contribute to the global demise. (Source) What?
“We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend toward fatness, and recognize it as a key factor in the battle to reduce (carbon) emissions and slow climate change,” the British scientists said.
They estimated that each fat person is responsible for about one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions a year more on average than each thin person, adding up to an extra one billion tonnes of CO2 a year in a population of one billion overweight people.
I’m sorry, but this article totally misses the point of weight issues. If you just look at it from a ‘carbon-footprint’ perspective, the average overweight person’s carbon footprint may actually equal out the carbon footprint of a person who works out and eats healthily everyday. Let’s see, a person who works out on a regular basis probably goes to a gym which uses electricity to run the workout machines, then they breathe more and then consume more nutrient dense foods that used many different forms of energy to be produced.
The article should be really talking about “save yourself by losing weight” the planet will take care of itself.
Here’s an email that I received regarding the study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine regarding “Multi-Vitamins and Cancer.” This is an update to the previous post on multivitamins and cancer. I still find it amusing how the media can really influence the decisions of the general population. But I have seen many more people take things into their own hands by doing their own research on headlines like these. Bravo to you! Read the rest of this entry »
A recent large study finds that multivitamins do not prevent cancer in older women. So stop wasting your money on those vitamins according to these researchers.
“Get nutrients from food. Whole foods are better than dietary supplements” the lead researcher states. Read the rest of this entry »
High fructose corn syrup is rampant in our food supply. Found in many “cheap, high caloric, low nutrient” ‘foods’ (if you can call them that). These studies found that high fructose corn syrup was contaminated with mercury, which is a toxic heavy metal.
Please read the article below and share with all those you care about and get those products containing HFCS out of your kitchen.
Here is the short list of those products:
- Quaker Oatmeal to Go bars
- Jack Daniel’s Barbecue Sauce
- Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
- Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce
- Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars
- Manwich Gold Sloppy Joe
- Market Pantry Grape Jelly
- Smucker’s Strawberry Jelly
- Pop-Tarts Frosted Blueberry
- Hunt’s Tomato Ketchup
- Wish-Bone Western Sweet & Smooth Dressing
- Coca-Cola Classic: no mercury found on a second test
- Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt
- Minute Maid Berry Punch
- Yoo-hoo Chocolate Drink
- Nesquik Chocolate Milk
- Kemps Fat Free Chocolate Milk Read the rest of this entry »
During these tough economic times many people will look for ways to cut back on their spend. Unfortunately, most will cut back on purchasing high quality foods opting for cheaper, calorie dense and nutrient deficient foods. Research has show a link between income and obesity: as incomes decreaes, obesity increases. Read the rest of this entry »
