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Notes"Every year, Americans drink 13.8 billion gallons of soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, sports drinks, and other sweetened beverages — a mass consumption of sugar that is fueling soaring obesity and diabetes rates in the United States.
Now a group of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) and Columbia University have analyzed the effect of a nationwide tax on these sugary drinks. They estimate slapping a penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages would prevent nearly 100,000 cases of heart disease, 8,000 strokes, and 26,000 deaths over the next decade.
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“You would also prevent 240,000 cases of diabetes per year,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine and of epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF and acting director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations at the UCSF-affiliated SFGH. -
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PSA - You Decide (by Anthony-Masterson)
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NotesIn 2007, Barack Obama promised to label GMO foods if elected. Now’s the time! Today, an estimated 80% of processed foods contain GMOs. Tell President Obama you agree that the U.S. needs GMO labeling “because Americans should know what they’re buying”. (via Food Democracy Now | Labeling GMOs: America’s Right to Know)
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(via Monsanto or Organic? Who to trust with your food [infographic] | ecopolitology)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrvvyaVhg91qgfliko1_500.jpg)
Who should you trust with your food: Monsanto or Organics?
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Make a healthier Starbucks frappuccino for $.32
Every now and then I just have to splurge and indulge on a decadent coffee drink…and I have to use words like decadent and ganache when ordering said drink. Unfortunately, running to my local Starbucks for a mocha coconut frappuccino will set me back in excess of $4…for a small, errr, “tall”.
Anyone share my anguish?
Well if you’ve got 5 simple ingredients and just a couple of minutes, you can make your own frappuccino for about 92% less than the one you’ll buy at Starbucks…and yours will even taste better too.
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Sifting worm castings for my seed starting mix. #iphoneography #wormcastings #gardening #permaculture
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“Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape.”— Rumi (via loveyourchaos)
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We won the Gold Prize for Innovative Digital Marketing at the Internationalist Awards this year for The GOOD Company Project, a...
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Space Station Crew Drinks Recycled UrineThis was an important milestone in the development of a space station’s environmental and life support...
