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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Can You Afford to Go Green?
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Have you heard about the latest fashion? It's green fashion; clothes made without using pesticides, chemicals and dyes. They are good for the planet, but they may not be so good for your budget. If you think this is a fad, think again. We all need to do our part to help preserve our world by decreasing pollution and reducing our waste. More and more, you will see clothes made with bamboo, soy, and hemp; however, some of these clothes may be out of reach, costing over $200 for a pair of jeans. But don’t fret, you can still do your part by purchasing organic make-up or accessories, as well as raw cotton T-shirts ($20).Have any of you gone green in your fashion?
Wendy, BSC.DTR
Nutrition Specialist
“Your purpose in life is to breathe. Everything else is a choice. Instead of living your life by the 'have to's' and the 'shoulds', live your life making aware choices and doing what you love to do. It's all about choice.”
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Going green is becoming a big trend in 2008. You know it's true if designers are coming out with green fashion. I just recently went green and I love the warm feeling I get just from knowing that I do things for a good cause. In fact, everyone should get that warm feeling because I'm sure contributes to being green in some kind of way, whether they know it or not.
Speaking of warm, one of the biggest changes I have made so far was switching to bioheat. It's great because it's made with biodegradable products like soybean oil! Cool huh? I always get the strangest reactions when people find out I heat my house with organic materials and heating oil.
If I didn't work for NORA I would have never heard about it. I've been encouraged to do more research, and got a lot of tips from:
http://oilheatamerica.com/index.mv?screen=bioheat
You should check it out and see what other kind of cool things you can do to keep it green.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Lower Fish Supplies and It's All Our Fault
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Although most people don’t know about it, fish supplies in our oceans have been dropping for a while now because of over-fishing. A new concern can aggravate the situation, and again, it is caused by us humans.At UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the Society for General Microbiology, Dr. Ian Joint is warning that increased levels of carbon dioxide or CO2 in the atmosphere could affect the oceans' microbial life. This may not mean much to us plain people, but it translates into less food for fish due to the negative impact on microscopic plants.
Also, bacteria have an important role in controlling the amount of oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur in the sea, making it responsible for the production of half the oxygen produced in the world.
So, I guess we have another reason for modifying our behaviors, in terms of nature conservation and global climate changes....at least if you want to keep eating fish.
Ivelisse, BS, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist
"Take Care, Take Control And Enjoy"
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Food Waste, Environment and Hunger…How Do They Relate?
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This past Sunday, my son and I decided to have our morning meal at a well known breakfast chain. When we sat down, the servers were cleaning the table beside us where a family of eight was eating. I noticed they were cleaning away about 8 biscuits and 2 plates of untouched pancakes stacks, and I am thinking “Hey, can I take those biscuits and pancakes to go?!”I was always taught you don’t waste food, not by eating everything in sight, but by saving it for later; leftovers were not uncommon at home. But living in a country considered having the world's most abundant and varied food supply, who thinks the food we waste could affect the environment and the hungry?
The food we throw in our dump sites rot and produce methane, which is about 20 times more polluting than Carbon Dioxide (CO2), and accounts for about 34% of all U.S. methane emissions. Talk about getting gas from food!
On the other hand, according to the USDA, we waste so much food that if we just recover 5% of U.S. leftovers we could feed 4 million people for a day. Thinking globally, the United Nations World Food Program makes its own calculations too. The total food surplus from the U.S. will fill "every empty stomach" in Africa, where leftovers from France will feed the Democratic Republic of Congo and Italy’s will feed the famished Ethiopians.
A 1997 publication from the USDA indicates that 91 billion pounds of food were wasted in the past by consumers and foodservice. I can only imagine the numbers now that the population keeps growing.
Ivelisse, BS, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist
Take care, take Control and Enjoy!
Labels: Environment
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Watch Where You Swim!! Brain-Eating Amoeba on the Prowl
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A shark attack is not the only thing swimmers have to worry about these days! It is what you can't see that could literally kill you. A microscopic organism know as Naegleria fowleri that lurks in lakes across America have taken the lives of six people this year!According to Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, individuals become infected when the amoeba enters the nose which then destroys brain tissue. Survival rates declined rapidly due to inadequate drug therapy.
Does this mean you should avoid swimming in lakes? Probably not, but stay informed as researchers continue to learn more about this deadly lake inhabitant.
Samantha Goss, RD, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist.
“We are all measured by inches, ages, numbers and all the outside things that don’t add up to who we are on the inside. So let your weight loss journey be one of self-acceptance every step of the way. If you are unhappy with yourself fifty pounds heavier you’ll probably feel the same way when you lose the weight. Happiness is not embedded in outward appearances.”
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Eating Less Meat May Help Reduce Gas Emissions
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And I am not talking about the gas that comes from the exhaust of our cars…we are talking about livestock! The medical journal, The Lancet, has recently launched a scientific series on Energy and Health talking about this subject. Part of the research from this series reveals that a realistic reduction of only 10% of the world-wide meat consumption can help drop livestock production of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the methane flatulence from the animals. The animals mentioned were cows, sheep and goats.The paper indicates that world-wide meat consumption is 100g per person per day with a ten-fold variation between the lower-consuming and higher-consuming populations. And the trend of eating more meat has increased with time; for instance, Chinese people are now consuming double the amount of meat they were ten years ago.
Agriculture contributes almost 25% of the greenhouse pollution and 80% of that comes from the potent methane and nitrous oxide from livestock.
Ivelisse, BS, LD/N
Nutrition Specialist
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Why not just give the animals some Gas-X or Tums???
If someone figures out how to harness the methane, it could be turned into methanol for use in our autos. That would solve both methane pollution and auto pollution.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Think Green, Save Green
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We all want to breathe fresh air and drink clean, pure water, right? Well, as consumers, we can all take steps to have this healthier planet we dream of. Thinking green is a year round concept, not just on St. Patrick’s Day! “We need to realize we can have the world we want just by putting the right things in our shopping carts,” says Diane MacEachern, founder of BigGreenPurse.com, a website focusing on helping consumers find green products. Environmentally safe and eco-friendly products are now readily available in your neighborhood grocery store and better yet such products are often cheaper than their less environmentally friendly counterparts. Let's all work to go green!
Jerri, DTR
Nutrition Specialist
"You never know what you can do, unless you try"
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