Tag: diet
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Costs of Eating Healthy Pay Off Over Time
Eating healthy costs a little bit more every day, a new study says. But in the long run, a healthy diet costs very little compared to the lifetime cost of treating diet-related chronic diseases, said the study’s authors. The study, published this week in the journal BMJ Open, analyzed diet and price information from 10 countries.…
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14 Questions That Pave the Way to a Longer Life and Healthier Planet
Answering 14 simple questions about what you eat and drink each week could pave the way to a longer life and healthier planet. The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Food Day program has an online social tool that grades the health, animal welfare and environmental impacts of your diet. [caption id="attachment_313728" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption]…
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China’s Growing Hunger for Meat Leads to Copycatting U.S. Factory Farms
Hogs put on about twice as much weight as cattle per pound of feed, and chickens grow even faster. Smithfield Foods in the U.S. has become remarkably “efficient” at fattening hogs en masse; such expertise is a big attraction for China. Yet even though the U.S. has a better reputation on food safety than China,…