News tagged with meat consumption

Drastic changes needed to curb N2O, most potent greenhouse gas: study

Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 per cent per person by 2050 if we are to meet the most aggressive strategy, set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to reduce one of the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Schnitzel is bad for the environment

If you want to protect the environment, you should first of all think about eating less meat. An Austrian study done at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) unveils the remarkable ecological advantages ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Study reveals cost of nitrogen pollution

Nitrogen pollution costs Europe between 70 and 320 billion euros ($100bn-$460bn) per year in its impact on health and the environment, according to a major European study launched in Britain on Monday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

'Radical' clean energy shift could save 4 tn euros: WWF

The environmental group WWF argued on Thursday that a radical, near total global shift to clean fuels within 40 years could yield savings of four trillion euros ($5.4 trillion) a year as well as tackle climate ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Eating low-fat, thanks to lupin proteins

Food should be delicious, healthy and sustainably produced. Researchers are working on new methods to use as many parts of plants as possible for nutrition. In the future, vegetable ingredients could replace ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Experts: Colon cancer deaths could make big drop

(AP) -- Colon cancer deaths could drop dramatically in the next decade because of better screening and treatment, according to an optimistic new prediction by top researchers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eating fish has no effect on health of large intestine

It appears that eating more fish has no effect on the health of the large intestine. Neither was there any difference between eating salmon and cod. In other words, there are no additional indications that fish consumption ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Healthy lifestyle habits may be associated with reduced risk of chronic disease

never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and following a healthy diet—together appear to be associated with as much as an 80 percent reduction in the risk of developing the most common and deadly ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large epidemiologic study supports brain power of fish in older people

Experts estimate that over 24 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, and many of these people live in low- and middle-income countries. Recently, there has been growing interest in whether dietary factors, particularly ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Alcohol and smoking are key causes for bowel cancer

A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. Researchers have shown that people who consume the largest quantities ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0