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Things Are Good: Trans Fats Ban in Canada Starting in 2018

Sep

18

2017

Trans fats are really bad for you and governments around the world are starting to ban them. Canada just announced that they too will be banning trans fats alongside the United States next year. The ban is expected to improve the health of the nation, the Heart & Stroke foundation claims that 12,000 heart attacks ...

Things Are Good: Americans Eating Beans Instead of Beef Will Help Save the World

May

25

2017

If Americans started eating beans in place of beef the country would be able to meet its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals by 2020. The report, title, “Substituting beans for beef as a contribution towards U.S. climate change targets,” builds off of previous work. The new report that makes this conclusion is similar to the ...

Things Are Good: How Cities are Turning Food Waste Into…Food

Dec

15

2016

Cities have a problem with food: they waste a lot of it. The current food distribution setup encourages bulk deliveries via trucks which means that when that large amount of food goes bad – a lot of it does all at the same time. Governments have looked into this problem and are addressing it at ...

Things Are Good: Being a Lazy Vegan is Easy

Dec

13

2016

A vegetarian diet is simple: stop eating meat. A vegan diet is also simple: don’t consume any animal products. In practice, these diets can be seen as difficult for people because of the culture surrounding them. Vegans can be seen as aggressive in their opinions, but that’s a vocal minority. Most vegans are cool with ...

Things Are Good: Eat Shrimp Made of Red Algae

Jul

20

2016

Industrial fishing is killing life in the oceans at an alarming rate, so much so that the loss of life undersea is contributing to climate change. In fact, one tiny thing many people can do to fight climate change is to simply cut fish out of their diet. One company, New Wave Foods, in California ...

Things Are Good: China Aims to Decrease Meat Consumption by 50%

Jun

22

2016

Consuming meat as part of your diet increases your carbon footprint by a large factor. It take a lot more energy to produce meat than it does to produce plants. Indeed, many institutions have called for people around the world to consume less meat while increasing their fruits and veggies intake. China has issued new ...

Things Are Good: Eat Whole Grains for a Whole Lifetime

Jun

16

2016

A simple change to your diet can make a whole lot of difference on your heart. Instead of reaching for the white bread go for the bread with the whole grains. It’s a pretty easy modification you can make to your diet. Just by switching to whole grains over bleached grains you can improve your ...

Things Are Good: Food Good For You Is Good For The Planet

May

26

2016

Producing food takes a lot of energy regardless of where it comes from, but some foods require a lot more input than others. In general it takes way more energy to feed people meat than it does a plant based diet because the animals need to be fed before they are slaughtered. A meat diet ...

Things Are Good: Don’t Exercise To Lose Weight

May

2

2016

There are many people who are struggling with their weight, in fact there are now more obese people than underweight people. The good news is that there are fewer malnourished people now than in previous years. In the developed world obesity rates are high because of the surplus of calories available to people. Now people ...

Things Are Good: Studies Reveal Vegetarians Are Intelligent And Empathetic

Apr

13

2016

Good news for vegetarians! If you’re a vegetarian then you’re probably smarter than the average person according to some research. It turns out that people who opt for a meat free diet tend to be better able to confront the reality of the modern diet (which is that we don’t need to kill animals to ...

Things Are Good: Don’t Worry, You’re Getting Enough Protein

Mar

29

2016

Consuming less meat is one of he best things you can do for your health and for the environment. Indeed, it’s so evident that a meat free diet is excellent that organizations around the world are calling for people to change their diets. One of the myths about reducing meat consumption is that one won’t ...

Things Are Good: Healthy People Don’t Diet, They Listen

Mar

1

2016

Diet fads come and go, but there is one diet that will always work: listen to your body. If you feel like you’ve had enough then stop eating, and if you feel like you should have more lettuce then go get some! New research confirms old knowledge that people with a healthy weight do monitor ...

Writings of J. Todd Ring: Cancer Treatments and Cures – Natural and Conventional: An Overview

Jan

21

2016

Here’s a thorny, delicate, controversial subject – but then again, when have I ever been known to shy away from such things? Peoples’ lives and well-being are at stake. We cannot afford to be tepid, mousey or weak-minded. According to a study published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, chemotherapy was found ...

Things Are Good: Taxing Sugary Water Works

Jan

12

2016

Beverages infused with copies amounts of sugar like Pepsi or Coke aren’t good for you health. When an entire nation consumes too much then public health suffers greatly. This has many governments looking into how they can stymie this overconsumption of unhealthy drinks. One solution is taxing soda sales. in 2014 the Mexican government started ...

Things Are Good: International Year of Yum

Jan

6

2016

2016 is the year of the pulse. Pulses are the edible seeds of plants in the legume family and they are delicious! Pulses are super easy to cook with and really good for the environment. They are really good for your healthy to. This means you should hop on the pulse bandwagon! To launch the ...

Things Are Good: Cut Out Sugar and Improve Everything

Oct

29

2015

Some new research points out by simply cutting out sugar one can improve basically all that ails them. In a recent research study children gave up sugar for nine days and found that much about their health improved. This implies that it might be more important to monitor one’s sugar intake more than one’s caloric ...

Things Are Good: Eating Less Meat is Getting More Popular

Jul

29

2015

Having a vegetarian or vegan diet can be difficult for some people even though such a diet can make you happier than meat eaters. The message that eating less meat is being heard though – the benefits of a reduced meat diet are huge. By eating less meat you can: save wildlife, save the environment, ...

Things Are Good: Finally Americans Are Eating Less

Jul

28

2015

The obesity problem in the USA may start to shrink. After years of constantly increasing they caloric intake Americans seem to be getting the message that eating too much can be bad for you. This is the first year that caloric intake has decreased and hopefully it’s a trend of things to come. As calorie ...

Things Are Good: A Veggie Diet Could Prolong Your Life

Jan

6

2015

There are tons of benefits from having a vegetarian diet from improved individual health to having less of an impact on the environment. Now there’s one more reason to have a vegetarian diet, or at least something close to one, it’ll help you live longer. Scientists have long believed that an ultra low calorie diet ...

Things Are Good: Lose Weight by Taking the Bus

Sep

15

2014

Obesity is a health problem in North America and this is due to modern lifestyle choices. One choice is to live far from work and commute using a car (this has led to environmental problems in addition to health problems) which means that people physically move less than before. Some new research now points out ...

Things Are Good: You Can Lower Greenhouse Emissions With a Simple Change in Diet

Jul

28

2014

Want to lower your impact on the environment by reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted to bring you food? Yes, you can ride your bike (or walk, or take the bus) to the grocery store instead of driving, but there’s an even simpler solution: adopt a vegetarian diet. Researchers in the UK have concluded ...

Things Are Good: Overwhelming Proof You Can’t Eat Enough Fruit and Vegetables

Apr

7

2014

We all know that fruits and vegetables are good for us – but did you know that at any age you can reduce your risk of death by 42%? According to some fresh research eating seven portions of fruit or veggies per day can provide massive health benefits, indeed with every serving increase you can ...

Things Are Good: Eat Less Meat and Save More Wildlife

Mar

26

2014

Just reducing the amount of meat one has in their diet can have a positive impact on our food system, the planet, and wildlife. Take Extinction Off Your Plate is a campaign to get people not to be vegetarian, just to get people to reduce their meat intake. Producing meat in the modern farming system ...

Things Are Good: Decrease Blood Pressure By Simply Changing Your Diet

Feb

27

2014

I love knowledge and it’s exciting that a meta-analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine has concluded that a vegetarian diet is perfect for decreasing blood pressure!Meta-analysis of research data is the assessment of a multiple research papers related to the same issue and sometimes the meta-analysis can disprove existing assumptions, in this case the meta-analysis confirms ...

Things Are Good: Mediterranean-Style Diet Contributes to Longer Life

Nov

25

2013

For people of all ages, it’s been proven that a diet similar to what’s popular around the Mediterranean helps with fending off negative health issues. Now, new research points out that even people in they “mid-life” can benefit greatly by eating a more Mediterranean-stlye diet. “In summary, we found that greater quality of diet at ...