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Human Teeth Are Not Particularly Well Adapted For Meat Eating

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My friend’s brother once told me we humans must eat meat because of the shape of our teeth, which he claimed are good for biting and chewing meat. I replied that we use our brains to make decisions about what to eat and teeth don’t make decisions.  Is it true … [continued]

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The Amino Acid Glycine Is In Many Plant Foods Too

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There is an amino acid called glycine some may know of because it has been theorized to be of some benefit for human sleep. In fact, there are some health supplements combining glycine with other molecules or nutrients for that purpose. How much truth there is to the better sleep … [continued]

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100,000 Mangrove Trees Planted In One Day?

4 min read

Often a question title has a “no” response that follows in the article body. In this case, it is “yes.” Tom Chi recently gave an impressive TED Talk about replanting mangrove trees with drones. He says four people using drones and mangrove seeds can plant over 100,000 mangrove trees in … [continued]

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Hundreds Of Billions Of Farmed Shrimp Die Every Year For No Good Reason?

4 min read

In researching and writing about some of the worst foods for climate change — which are beef, dairy products, lamb/mutton, farmed shrimp, and pork — I came across something I had never heard of: annual farmed shrimp mortality. It was quite a while ago that I thought about writing this follow-up … [continued]

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