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food per acre

Cars and cows both emit noxious gases that deplete the ozone layer. Cars, we now know, can be fuelled by plants, just like cows. The trouble is, there are billions of people on this planet who are rather fond of eating. An acre of land can grow up to 20,000 pounds of potatoes but, when that same acre is used to grow cattle feed, it produces just 165 pounds of "edible cow flesh". Cows and cars both put pressure on the planet's scant resources.

~ Jonathan Cainer

paul mccartney urges vegetarianism to fight climate ills

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don't promote it....

A 2006 United Nations report found that cattle-rearing generated more greenhouse gases than transportation.

drinking my morning coffee...

I read:

Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.

The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may explain why.

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Ah, something to aid health that I really enjoy.....continues sipping

more reasons to be a vegetarian

Check out this post from Ben Le

happy (belated) birthday to leo

Pink ice cream - that's the way to celebrate!
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ten best healing herbs

...for pain, cancer, alzheimers, heart disease and diabetes follow the link on Your Drum

reasons not to eat meat - part 2

Following on from part 1, read about the obesity and diabetes issues:

You’d never know it by taking a look around you in modern America, but the natural state of the human body is one of slim, agile health. And no, aging is not an excuse for an expanding waistline. The fact is that about 65% of Americans are overweight or obese ::read more

ten reasons to eat more like a vegetarian

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Why not go the whole hog (whole cabbage?) and eat a completely vegetarian diet?

more reasons not to eat meat - part 1

Updated 30 April

If the ethical reasons alone don't persuade you, this might:

It is a cornerstone of western culture, a sign of manliness, the basis of our strength: it is meat; but it is actually none of these things, and killing you to boot.

feeding nine billion earthlings

Will the planet be able to supply enough to eat to the nine billion humans it will carry in 2050? Agronomists worldwide are asking themselves this question: all the more cautiously, given that, today, of the 6.5 billion people living on Earth, 2 billion are malnourished and 854 million are "starving" on less than 2,200 calories a day. ::read more