A national report on the state of breast cancer treatment and prevention has concluded that too little attention is being paid to the environmental triggers that lead to breast cancer, whose incidence continues to rise. Among those factors are BPA, pesticides and alcohol consumption.
Tags: · BPA, breast cancer, Diet, environmental toxics, health, pesticides
Research by French scientists showing that rats fed GMO corn developed tumors and died prematurely has prompted the French government to continue its ban on genetically engineered crops.
But the study came in for criticism from scientists in other countries shortly after it was published Wednesday in Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Tags: · corn, Food/Drink, French study, GE, GMOs, health, Monsanto, Rats
Here’s a temperate report that rounds up the reasons to rein in the mass production of government-subsidized beef.
It doesn’t promote an all-or-nothing approach (i.e., it’s not a vegetarian advocacy piece), but it does argue that beef production is out of control and urges Americans and other big beef producers to evaluate the damage caused by these systems.
Tags: · beef production, Climate Change, Food/Drink, hamburgers, health, Land Use, Population
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By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Eating leaner could help prolong life as we know it on the planet, by reducing the resources devoted to energy-intensive foods, like industrially produced meat.
Now a study of calorie-restriction involving monkeys suggests that eating less overall could extend our own lives, and help us age more healthfully.
Tags: · age-related disease, aging, calorie restriction, health, healthier aging, longevity, lower calorie diet, monkeys, rhesus monkeys, University of Wisconsin
Turns out that the sour candy you’ve been dishing out to the kids because it’s got fewer calories, and well, they love it, has some serious consequences for their teeth.
Not only do the gummy versions (and to a lesser degree the chewy, crystallized, hard and foamy varieties) get stuck in their teeth, some of the really sour, tangy stuff is acidic enough to eat away at tooth enamel, according to the report out this week by the California Dental Hygienists’ Association.
“This Halloween, we are advising adults to think twice about buying sour candies for trick-or-treaters,” said Erika Feltham, a Registered Dental Hygienist and CDHA member who has studied this issue for more than a decade.
Tags: · BarbaraKesslerBlog, chocolate, health
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