Dr. Bellardo graduated from the Drexel University College of Medicine where she earned her MD. She is a practicing physician and she has some research citations. She consumes more fiber than most people, and for good reasons. Eating more fiber is beneficial: lowering cholesterol, improving blood pressure, improving diabetes risk, … [continued]
We’re human, and our bodies need fuel. To eat means we create a food footprint, and there’s an environmental cost to the foods we choose. Yet each of us can reduce our food impacts by being mindful of what we eat, how those items are produced, and why it’s important … [continued]
With the climate generally growing warmer, and with animal agriculture contributing more than its fair share of greenhouse gases and other pollutants to the environment, more and more environmentalists and people, in general, are going plant-based. This article is a part of a series of articles on the environmental impact of the animal agriculture (ag) industry.
With the climate generally growing warmer, it becomes more urgent and imperative to slow climate disruption. Recently, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new report after reviewing 6,000 scientific studies and references. The IPCC suggests that it is vital that we keep the temperature delta within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to the preindustrial historical average. If we were to exceed that level, we may see runaway climate warming. This dire situation demands that we do everything possible to improve our path forward.
What were the environmental effects of the foods you ate today?
