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UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet

A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today.

Cooking with dung: simple mushroom pasta

Ingredients mushrooms of your choice, I like portobellini garlic fresh ginger green chili soy sauce pasta of your choice - I like something with nooks and crannies to hold the sauce, such as fusilli or bow ties black pepper to taste

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Un-Happy Meal?

It's no secret that America is one of the fattest, unhealthiest countries in the developed world.

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NAUSEA ALERT: Body of man ends up in kababs and meat pies in Russia

Three homeless Russian men have been charged with murder after they killed a 25-year-old man known to them and sold his body to be used for kababs and meat pies. The men also used parts of the body for food for themselves.

Boiled Goober Peas

Boiled peanuts or goober peas have long been a Southern staple since the war between the United States and the North or Civil War as you Yankees called it.

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Five Foods You Shouldn't Eat Raw

Consumer safety articles, such as mine, often report how something seemingly innocuous will actually kill you, or at the very least, leave you maimed and crippled. In deference to this great modern media tradition, here's my hysteria-inducing list:

Caloric restriction may prevent disease, increase life span, researchers say.

In a front-page story, the New York Timesreports that, according to research published in the journal Science, "people could...fend off the usual diseases of old age and considerably extend their life span by following a special diet." The approach, "known as caloric restriction, …

Save the Planet, Make Sun Tea.

Save the whales, save the ozone, save the planet, save energy, take you pick these days. I believe whatever your cause is it starts in our own backyard.

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Research: Being a vegetarian can cut your risk of cancer by a half

Being a vegetarian protects you from cancer, claim scientists in a wide-ranging study which found cutting out meat can reduce the risk of some types of the disease by half.

The 20 Healthiest Foods for Under $1

Food prices are climbing, and some might be looking to fast foods and packaged foods for their cheap bites. But low cost doesn't have to mean low quality. In fact, some of the most inexpensive things you can buy are the best things for you.

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