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Do not eat meat to protect the environment Between 1992 and 2016 meat consumption would have grown by more than five times contributing to the increase of polluting emissions, land use and deforestation as well as that species of epidemic related to global obesity, growth of percentage of diabetes and cancer cases; so according to some it would be appropriate to compare the consumption of meat to that of tobacco, sugar and coal that are often taxed because they are detrimental to the health of the population and the environment. The increase in the world population has as a result a greater exploitation of all the resources including the relevant impact of the demand for meat since many more animals are needed that are not sustainable by the ecosystem, then the changes climatic conditions in place on the planet with prolonged droughts and extreme phenomena make the breeding and maintenance of the entire production chain increasingly difficult. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 09, 2018 
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 Research for a new test for celiac disease Celiac disease that causes gluten intolerance is increasingly common among the population so that many people if they experience some digestive disorder eliminate food with gluten even without having performed the test for this autoimmune disease; then it happens that if later after following the diet for celiacs undergo the test this fails to detect the abnormal immune response, but a new experimental test seems that still manages to detect the immune cells in a sample of blood targeted to the organism's response to gluten. It is a test that would have proved to be very precise in the diagnosis of celiac disease even if not yet available on the market and it is hoped that given the strong demand there may be companies willing to produce in large scale, bearing in mind that lately there has been a kind of senseless salutary fashion in wanting to follow a gluten-free diet. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 29, 2017 n°: 3651 Purifying water from plastic residues Pollution from plastic residues in drinking water and generally in seas, rivers and streams is becoming an increasingly serious threat to human health and at the same time a really difficult problem to solve; some are skeptical about the use of high-tech solution to try to purify the water and claim that solutions are now available to prevent the plastic from ending up in the water we drink since it is evident that must act above all in the early stages of pollution and then look for other effective solutions. Throwing waste into the rivers has always been a rather widespread practice (lacking an environmental consciousness) and since 1950 the amount of plastic produced has increased enormously with a disastrous result so much to end up in the food chain as well as generating plastic islands that roam the oceans and deface the beaches in the most pristine places on the planet. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Dec 06, 2017 n°: 3633 Controversy over the glyphosate authorizations The European Union's decision to prolong for another five years the authorisation for the use of the glyphosate herbicide has caused the protests of some countries not in agreement with the renewal of the licence (however for a half-time period) to a pesticide reported by health organisations as harmful to healthcare and especially the France would have advanced the request to revise the system of assessment and approval of chemicals also because there is no agreement between the opinions of the various agencies that have to supervise about their safety. This herbicide placed on the market in 1974 by a well-known American company that also produces seed is increasingly used not only on agricultural fields where it is sprayed on crops, but also on lawns and gardens, so much so that some complain about abuse of the product in practice allowed by the regulations established by the food safety authority and by the agency that supervises chemicals. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 28, 2017 n°: 3626 Cinnamon to improve metabolic health A test carried out on the adipocytes of volunteers of different ages, ethnicity and fitness condition would have shown that if treated with an essential oil (cinnamaldehyde) present in the cinnamon and that characterizes the typical scent of the spices could be useful to improve metabolic health and promote the thermogenesis, at least according to American researchers who claim that this discovery could help to avoid obesity. Several genes and enzymes involved in lipid metabolism would be more activated in the presence of this essential oil and also two proteins regulating metabolic metabolism involved in the thermogenesis, whereas the adipocytes normally store the energy in the form of lipids. In the past it had already been verified how cinnamon could play a role in the control of cholesterol and had other healthy characteristics in general for the body. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 24, 2017 n°: 3623 Select drought-resistant crops To avoid a significant loss of production for wide variety of crops as is happening in some areas of the globe ad happen for example for grapes, olives, coffee should select seedlings that can withstand climate warming and therefore drought as well as to try to protect the land with screens that can divert heat waves that will become increasingly frequent. It may be advisable to change completely the type of cultivation for non-adaptable soils or modernise irrigation with programmable plants and large rainwater collection tanks in case of extreme events; moreover, these interventions would also serve to preserve jobs in the agricultural sector. To be reported changing topic but remaining on issues related to the nutrition a survey of some time ago that reported how in drinking water were often present little reassuring plastic residues. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 13, 2017 n°: 3562 Excessive use of fertilizers with nitrates Nitrates present in fertilisers used without criterion in intensive agriculture and therefore end up in rivers, lakes and seas are causing serious problems to the environment for the proliferation of various types of algae that in addition to being often unsightly and smelly can also release dangerous toxic gases if they tend to accumulate and the bacteria decompose by emitting hydrogen sulphide from the characteristic odor of rotten eggs. The question is of difficult solution because farmers claim that without the massive use of fertilizers they fail to be competitive on a global market, but some suggest calculating the exact quantities of the expensive fertilizer to be used for crops so that excessive doses do not end up in watercourses, since it also presents the problem of climate change with the rise of the temperature that amplifies the phenomenon. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 23, 2017 n°: 3543 Increased exchange of food information in EU Following the withdrawal from the market in several European countries of millions of eggs from the Netherlands contaminated by the insecticide "fipronil", used for pets and not allowed in poultry farms, some have stated that in order to avoid risks to consumers, greater exchanges of food information are needed in a fast and effective manner between the various countries of the union. Meanwhile the Dutch investigators in collaboration with the Belgian authorities and with the assistance of European control agencies would have arrested two people in two cities in the Netherlands (Barneveld and Zaltbommel) for entering into the food chain this insecticide; in reality according to health organizations apparently only moderately dangerous in large quantities for kidneys, liver and thyroid. Batches of eggs continue to be withdrawn for example in Denmark, France and Great Britain, but for the moment not in Italy. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 11, 2017 n°: 3532 Non-sustainable industrial agriculture From the comparison of data on the consumption of the planet's resources and the ecological footprint of an inhabitant of a European country that exceeds double or triple compared to that of many poor countries it is evident that we cannot go on with this step; in fact, in 1987 it was fixed on 9 December the figurative date of maximum global exploitation and now after only three decades has passed to 2 August with the industrial agriculture seen among the main responsible (in addition to polluting emissions and the increase of population). Fishing that has become sophisticated selective industrial extraction does not allow fish to continue to reproduce especially some species that are already disappearing from the seas, then the consumption of meat with animals often confined in small cages has a heavy environmental impact and the feeding is generally unbalanced with excessive caloric intake and consequent global epidemic of overweight and obesity. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 03, 2017 n°: 3525 Artificial sweeteners linked to obesity More and more people consume artificial sweeteners that are present in a wide variety of foods and beverages to try to lose weight without getting results and putting their health at risk, at least according to a study carried out by Canadian researchers on generic data related to more than four thousand people monitored for about ten years in addition to those of about a thousand obese people for six months. By analyzing the microbes in the intestine to derive the metabolic markers the hypothesis that emerges would be that perhaps artificial sweeteners modify the bacterial flora so as to to have obesity or could induce people to compensate for calories by taking other foods and beverages, both for the needs of the body and for the impression of having obtained an energy saving. Some say that artificial sweeteners are linked to the obesity epidemic, then it is also necessary to consider that it happens to be present in foods without clear indications. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 22, 2017 n°: 3515 Nutrition * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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