Michelle Roberts, Health Editor - BBC News Online
Stephan: In contrast to the usual high fat, high sugar, high additive diet many, perhaps even most people in the U.S. eat, there is this option. And it produces not just physical well being, but extended youthfulness.
Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers.
Its mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruits may stop our DNA code from scrambling as we age, according to a study in the British Medical Journal.
Nurses who adhered to the diet had fewer signs of ageing in their cells.
The researchers from Boston followed the health of nearly 5,000 nurses over more than a decade.
The Mediterranean diet has been repeatedly linked to health gains, such as cutting the risk of heart disease.
These results reinforce our advice that eating a balanced and healthy diet can reduce your risk of developing heart disease
Dr Mike Knapton of the British Heart Foundation
Although it’s not clear exactly what makes it so good, its key components – an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as poultry and fish, rather than lots of red meat, butter and animal fats – all have well documented beneficial effects on the body.
Foods rich in vitamins appear to provide a buffer against stress […]
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, Senior Contributing Writer - Alternet
Stephan: Here is the latest update on the impact of Fracking on the communities that give themselves over to it.
WILLISTON, N.D.—From the looks of it, the nation’s boomtown is still booming. Big rigs, cement mixers and oil tankers still clog streets built for lighter loads. The air still smells like diesel fuel and looks like a dust bowl— all that traffic — and natural gas flares, wasted byproducts of the oil wells, still glare out at the night sky like bonfires.
Not to mention that Walmart, still the main game in town, can’t seem to get a handle on its very long lines and half empty shelves.
But life at the center of the country’s largest hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, boom has definitely changed. The jobs that brought thousands of recession-weary employment-seekers to this once peaceful corner of western North Dakota over the last five years have been drying up, even as the unemployed keep coming.
Downtown, clutches of men pass their time at the Salvation Army, watching movies or trolling Craigslist ads on desktop computers. The main branch of the public library is full, all day, every day, with unemployed men in cubbyholes. And when the Command Center, a private […]
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Susan B. Barnes, - USA Today
Stephan: I am speaking at a conference in Virginia Beach and while I was here a reader came up to me and asked me, when you say the 1% live life in a way so different that most people would find it hard to comprehend it what do you mean. Here's an example. Book early, there is often a waiting list.
Ever wonder how to vacation like the rich and famous? Here’s a look at some of the priciest vacations in the USA, or at least originating on American soil, from dinosaur digs to jet setting across the globe. If that tax return’s burning a hole in your pocket, why not put it towards one of these incredible vacations?
Expert Makeover at Edgewater Beach Hotel – Starting at $2,448/person
If you’re ready for a makeover, this is the two-night vacation for you. Professional stylist Barbara King will work with you on a style consultation and the two of you will go shopping for your new look on Naples’ Fifth Avenue South. Top it off with a mani/pedi and new ‘do and you’re ready for your professional photo shoot!
Farm Fresh at the Umstead Hotel and Spa – Starting at $3,000/night
Foodies will enjoy a private farm tour with Executive Chef Steven Greene and Culinary Farmer Maggie Lawrence, who will shed light on the farm-to-table trend with a hyper-local twist. Afterwards, enjoy a seven-course dinner and wine tasting, as well as private wine class with Sommelier Hai Tran.
Wolf & Bear Expedition – Starting at […]
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Eric Marx, - Scientific American
Stephan: More good news about the transition to non-carbon energy
The unobstructed winds at sea are capable of spinning up enough power to electrify around 1 million German households.
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ESBJERG, Denmark—Flying 56 miles west from this port, you are greeted by a 10-story, yellow, boxlike platform rising out of the North Sea. It is called SylWin1, the connection to Europe’s electric grid from one of the largest power plants ever built offshore. Beyond it, arrayed over 27 acres of ocean, are the 80 Siemens 3.6-megawatt turbines of the Dan Tysk wind farm.
For Europeans, and perhaps for some Americans, this may be their energy future. The unobstructed winds at sea here are capable of spinning up enough power to electrify around 1 million German households.
It’s an interesting sight to behold, not least because of the technical and engineering prowess required to overcome an often hostile North Sea environment. Yet in five years’ time, Dan Tysk might be outdated—if Siemens, MRI-Vestas, Dong Energy and other big corporate players in […]
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Ari Phillips, - Climate Progress
Stephan: More good news. Cars still mostly run on carbon energy but at least they are polluting less and and burning less carbon.
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For the second year in a row, new cars are ahead of the game when it comes to reducing their carbon footprint.
According to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency, the auto industry beat out domestic greenhouse gas emissions standards by a “wide margin” in 2013, with cars getting an average of 1.4 more miles per gallon than required.
This trend is promising as the EPA is tightening greenhouse gas compliance regulations on light-duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — each year in an effort to meet the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards’ target of an average fuel economy of 54.5 mpg by 2025. Nine of the 13 biggest-selling automakers beat the CAFE targets.
Vehicles from 2013 achieved an all-time record fuel economy of 24.1 mpg, a 0.5 mpg increase over 2012 and an increase of nearly 5 mpg in the last decade. The CAFE standards covering vehicles made between 2012 and 2025 are projected to save 12 billion barrels of oil, cut 6 billion metric tons […]
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Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers.
