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How food affects your brain: 10 facts we now know

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Readers – I just received an email from Cindy Cullen at the Culinary Arts College, asking if I would post a link to their article How Food Affects Your Brain: 10 Facts We Now Know.” Some interesting information in the…

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New studies: fast-food “kids meals” loaded with calories and fat

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Happy meal helps kids, says the fast-food box. Is that so? Not according to recent medical studies. Kids whose homes or schools are near a fast-food restaurant are more likely to be obese, according to a 2010 study in the…

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New study: chocolate reduces risk of stroke and heart attack by 39%

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This post now on Google News I’ve seen various studies over the years about the benefits of dark chocolate, but none as convincing as this one. In an article published yesterday in the European Heart Journal, German scientists report a…

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Junk food as addictive as drugs, says new neurological study

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Tis the season to eat pecan pies, Christmas cookies, cheese sticks, and other festive goodies. Right? Just for a month or so. Then we’ll all go on diets!  Diet books’ highest sales are right after the holidays. I’ve already gained…

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Undercover visit to a turkey insemination factory

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Readers, I like to publish this riveting article by animal-rights activist Jim Mason every Thanksgiving. It’s in honor of the millions of turkeys that will be consumed during the coming week.  After reading it, you may decide to eat something…

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Posted in Classroom Critters and The Scientific Method, Food, Health, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Veggie Revolution (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Wildlife Tagged with: , , ,

A review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book: Eating Animals

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A book review by Sally Kneidel, PhD http://sallykneidel.com As a biologist and co-author of two books about the meat industry, I was asked by Jonathan Safran Foer’s publicist to review Foer’s new non-fiction book Eating Animals. I confess I didn’t…

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Posted in Animal welfare / animal rights, Book review, Classroom Critters and The Scientific Method, Environmental footprint, Food, Health, Livestock, Sustainable choices for your home, Sustainable Living, Veggie Revolution (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Wildlife Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

Livestock cause 51% of greenhouse gas emissions

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All photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD, of sallykneidel.com and veggierevolution.blogspot.com Photo by Sally Kneidel, PhD I read an article today that blew my socks off – it may be the most significant article I’ve ever read.  It’s online…

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Posted in Environmental footprint, Food, Going Green (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Health, Sustainable Living, Veggie Revolution (co-authored with Sadie Kneidel), Wildlife, Wildlife habitat, Wildlife survival Tagged with: , , , ,

Ground beef: a risky choice for families and the planet

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Story by Sally Kneidel, PhD, of sallykneidel.com The New York Times reported on October 11 that eating ground beef is still risky.  Well, yes, but what’s new about that?  Of course it’s still risky. Every now and then the media…

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In the African village of Hamakuya, we learned about life with limited resources

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African village: we did a homestay in the Venda village of Hamakuya in South Africa, sleeping in a round hut of mud and cow dung, and eating caterpillars. It was one of the best times of my life. We learned that people can live with joy on very very little.

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Welcome to my new blog about sustainable living, wildlife, and eco-travel

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Hi readers!  If you’ve been reading Veggie Revolution blog, this new blog will be more of the same, but expanded.  I started this new blog on WordPress because I want to have multiple pages, which is possible with WordPress but…

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These days, I blog mostly about nature and wildlife. Even the tiniest creatures make me happy! You'll also find here lots of posts about plant-based foods, health, and ecotourism. Ecotourism can support local people who make a living through sustainable use of wildlife, habitat, and natural resources.

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Link to our other blog, Veggie Revolution

Our other blog, Veggie Revolution, focuses more on food than this one does, especially the environmental, health and humane aspects of our food choices. That blog was started in 2005 and continues today, while the blog you're reading now began in 2009. Some of the newer posts are on both blogs, but Veggie Rev has at least 260 more posts than this blog, including Sadie's travels to Morocco. In the sidebar of Veggie Rev, you'll see links to each year that can take you back to all the posts for a particular year.

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