Marine Animals Populations Half in 40 Years since 1970

A study of marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish shows a decline of 49% in the...

Polyphenols are Antioxidants in Plant Food

Polyphenols are secondary metabolites of plants and are generally involved in defense...

Red Inside Nutrient Rich Apples

Redlove or Bloody Ploughman were bred from wild apples in their original home in...

Plants Are Susceptible to Cancer, Less Vulnerable to its Effects

In animals, a tumor develops when a cell (or group of cells) loses the built-in...

Meat Diet and Global Warming

A typical meat-eater’s diet is responsible for almost twice as much global warming as...

Beta-Carotene Supplements and Cancer

Plant foods have an important preventive influence in a population at high risk for...

5 Main Elements of Healthy Diet by WHO

From World Health Organization - 5 elements of a healthy diet: 1) Fruits, vegetables,...

Flowering Plant Origin of 11 Percent Basic Drugs

11% Of the 252 drugs considered as basic and essential by the WHO were exclusively of...

Vegan Diet Can Lower Risk of Cancer

Vegan diet seems to confer lower risk for overall and female-specific cancer than...

Recommendations for Cancer Prevention from 7,000 Studies

Recommendations for cancer prevention from the WCRF / AICR: Be as lean as possible...

Water

is an essential nutrient - it is required in amounts that exceed the body's ability to...

Phytonutrient

protect plants from germs, fungi, bugs, and other threats. Phytonutrients are not...

Trusting Sense of Smell to Identify Ripe Fruit

between the fruit-eating primates and the tropical fruit trees is an example of...

Plants Respond to Sound and Touch

Previous studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that...

Fruits and Vegetables at Young Age and Arteries

Those who ate the most fruits and vegetables as young adults were 26 percent less...

Vegan Skeptic Theo Summer on GMO Publications

tools of skepticism for GMO publications and studies: Make sure you can identify the...

WHO Protein Requirements

Protein Requirement Recommendation The requirement indicated by the meta-analysis (a...

Squash from 800-Year Old Seeds

Students from Winnipeg, Canada recently discovered a stash of 800-year-old seeds...

Mineral

Calcium Chloride Choline Chromium Copper Fluorine Iodine Iron Macromineral Magnesium...

Significant Ecological Impacts of Livestock Production

There is no clear evidence that livestock grazing can significantly enhance soil...