Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published March 18, 2017. While most of our grandparents used natural products packaged in reusable, recyclable or degradable containers made from glass, metals and paper, the current generation has grown up surrounded by nonbiodegradable plastics made with toxic chemicals. Saying that plastics are “everywhere” is… Read More »
That is probably true but misses the real point. And less than the “greenest” farmed meat — bernficial — environment produced 4. Diet chicken breast takes over litres of water to produce, that could fill up your bathtub meat. A decrease in the proportion of meat, dairy and eggs in the average American diet would… Read More »
Seasonality — along with plant-based diets — are two huge trends from last year. Considerations in the Use of Analytical Ultracentrifugation Poore estimates that between them, tree nuts consume 4, litres gallons of fresh water for every kg of shelled nuts that we purchase. Almonds and cashew nuts Tree nuts in general are perhaps the… Read More »
Some people are more likely to put on weight than others because of their genes. However, genetic difference does not explain the significant rise in body weight since the 1960s as it has affected both those with and without pro-obesity genes. New research suggests that the rise in bodyweight since the 1960s could be down… Read More »
Genetic engineering (GE) is being used in myriad ways these days, despite the fact we know very little about the long-term ramifications of such meddling in the natural order. For example, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, is now planning to use insects to deliver GE… Read More »
Are you working with clients who are survivors — of trauma, of negative experiences, of stress? If your clients are human, then you likely are. Laura Khoudari, a Manhattan based trauma-informed personal trainer puts it best, “If you are working with people, you are working with trauma.” Khoudari provides somatic-based treatment specifically for women and… Read More »