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Too much food can kill you? Overeating and obesity now a bigger global problem than lack of food

Too much food can kill you? Overeating and obesity now a bigger global problem than lack of food | Longevity science | Scoop.it
Chronic diseases linked to obesity and overconsumption of food are now a bigger global healthcare burden than illness and disease caused by malnutrition, according to the most comprehensive disease report ever produced on global health issues.
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Moderate caloric restriction (reduce your daily caloric intake by 10-20%) can have numerous health benefits. Start by finding your target calorie intake to maintain an optimal weight. If you can stick to that daily level, reduce it by 10%.

 

Fasting is also beneficial. The easiest way? Stop eating at 6-7pm and don't eat again until 6-7am. With minimal effort, you have a 12 hour fast. Plus, you will sleep easier if your digestive system is at rest.

tiana cherie burne's curator insight, November 3, 2014 11:30 PM

 

For the first time ever, diseases associated with obesity are now more of a global health burden the lack of nutrition. This investigation has been going for 5 years with over 50 scientists exploring the deep issues of obesity. I believe it's a personal decision too eat badly, don't do enough physical activity, drink to much, smoke to many cigars and just don't look after your body the way were meant to. Rising numbers of obesity has been increased with young adults over the years. The biggest global risks effecting people is high blood rate, which is also the biggest neglected global health in most countries.

These scientists thankfully have put out antidotes that have helped save many millions of kids and adults from obesity. We really need more help like this in society, we need to team up and help out each other, were all human no one is special so don't be afraid to ask for help.

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Agri-Cube grows mass quantities of vegetables in a one-car parking spot

Agri-Cube grows mass quantities of vegetables in a one-car parking spot | Longevity science | Scoop.it

Sustainable agrivulture takes another step:

 

Daiwa House, Japan's largest homebuilder, has introduced a line of prefabricated hydroponic vegetable factories, aimed at housing complexes, hotels, and top-end restaurants.

 

Called the Agri-Cube, these units are touted by Daiwa as the first step in the industrialization of agriculture, to be located in and amongst the places where people live, work, and play

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Garden Corner- Biodiversity, Indoor Farming, PC Gardening

Garden Corner- Biodiversity, Indoor Farming, PC Gardening | Longevity science | Scoop.it

>>Home-built "Bio Computer" runs Linux, grows wheatgrass:
PC case modder and hardware hacker Mike Schropp's latest project, the 'Bio Computer' sees a working PC put to use as a garden in which to grow wheatgrass.
http://www.gizmag.com/bio-computer-grows-wheatgrass/22550/

 

 

>>Dwarf plants could reduce demands for water, fertilizer, nutrients and pesticides:
Aside from arable land, most farm crops require significant amounts of water, fertilizer, nutrients and pesticides to grow. While specialized breeding is often used to help produce plants that require less of these inputs, Purdue University researcher Burkhard Schulz has found a way to create tiny versions of plants that suffer no reduction in yield through the addition of a cheap and widely available chemical.
http://www.gizmag.com/dwarf-plants/22561/

 

 

>>Maintaining genetic diversity in food supply

Could we be missing the point? Natural and wild may not mean the same in the future. Struggling to keep this stuff alive in a polluted and warming environment, increasingly encroached upon by human beings is a losing battle. But cultivating, preserving, building environments (semi-indoor) can save the plant and animal species that we struggle to maintain.
http://www.naturalnews.com/031144_food_security_biodiversity.html





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Study: EPA-approved GMO insecticide responsible for killing bees

Study: EPA-approved GMO insecticide responsible for killing bees | Longevity science | Scoop.it

Another reason to eat organic: a dangerous pesticide has been confirmed to kill honeybees. This toxin is entering our environment through factory farming methods.

 

A recent study showed that this EPA-approved GMO insecticide is responsible for killing off honeybees, which is a serious threat to the food supply. This chemical is also helping contaminate the entire food chain...

Tania Calonge's comment, November 11, 2014 3:26 PM
Pese a las ventajas que proporcionan los organismos transgénicos para poder ser resistentes a plagas o a factores ambientales, esa manipulación genética no siempre resulta del todo beneficiosa y puede llegar a tener consecuencias dramáticas. Por ello, la regulación de los organimos transgénicos y su control antes de salir al mercado, es fundamental.
Tania Calonge's curator insight, November 20, 2014 10:15 AM

Pese a las ventajas que proporcionan los organismos transgénicos para poder ser resistentes a plagas o a factores ambientales, esa manipulación genética no siempre resulta del todo beneficiosa y puede llegar a tener consecuencias dramáticas. Por ello, la regulación de los organimos transgénicos y su control antes de salir al mercado, es fundamental.

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Eating fish is wise, but it’s good to know where your seafood comes from

Eating fish is wise, but it’s good to know where your seafood comes from | Longevity science | Scoop.it

Beware of farmed fish.

 

The heavy use of chemicals — including pesticides and antibiotic and antifungal drugs — in many aquaculture operations as a major concern. “There’s a lot that gets dumped into these facilities in order to try to keep fish healthy in really crowded conditions . . . and those chemicals or residues can end up on or in the fish,” she says.

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Flame retardants found in common grocery store foods

Flame retardants found in common grocery store foods | Longevity science | Scoop.it

HBCD - The newest player in toxic chemicals

In a recent study of best-selling grocery store products, researchers discovered that almost 50 percent of the sampled peanut butter and deli meats, as well as turkey, fish, beef and other fatty foods, contained hints of a flame retardant normally utilized in the foam insulation of building walls.

You're probably wondering how a chemical used in building insulation makes its way onto our grocery shelves.



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Cloned Sheep Genetically Modified with Good Fats

Cloned Sheep Genetically Modified with Good Fats | Longevity science | Scoop.it

The future is here. A future where real headlines contain words like ‘clone’ and ‘genetically modified.’

 

“Chinese scientists have cloned a genetically modified sheep containing a "good" type of fat found naturally in nuts, seeds, fish and leafy greens that helps reduce the risk of heart attacks and cardiovascular disease.

 

‘Peng Peng’, which has a roundworm fat gene…”

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Lab-Grown Burgers

Lab-Grown Burgers | Longevity science | Scoop.it

By the fall, this lab says they will have enough tissue grown in a petri dish to serve up the first grown burger that is fit for consumption.

 

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