#Fish Poop Helps Spread Seagrass To spread and regenerate an important marine plant depends on animals to eat its seeds and poop them out around the ocean according to recent research.
The environmental impact was so great that bay scallops (a type of shellfish) disappeared; until that time the scallops had supported a significant local fishery.
 For the last 15 years Orth and a large group of collaborators have planted eelgrass shoots and millions of seeds throughout the coastal bays.
They do have intimidating caninelike teeth in the front of their mouths that look sharp enough to rip up meat
Some cultures hunt flying foxes and consider them a delicacy but residents of the Mortlock Islands do not generally hunt the animals the researchers say.
and biologists to pursue additional studies regarding the bats'diet and breeding patterns. Follow Laura Poppick on Twitter.
However most symptoms are caused by intolerances to foods such as wheat and other grains the sugar in fruits and honey dairy products and corn products.
Fructose is a sugar that's found in fruits honey and some syrups. It's also a basic component in table sugar (sucrose)
and it's used to sweeten many processed foods and beverages. In addition sorbitol a sugar alcohol is converted to fructose during digestion.
Sorbitol is a sugar substitute often used in diet drinks ice cream mints cough syrups and sugar-free chewing gum.
In addition to fruits honey syrups and table sugar watch out for high-fructose corn syrup powdered sugars regular sodas flavored waters sports drinks and sweetened milks.
This is a serious disorder that can lead to liver and kidney damage. People with a fructose malabsorption have trouble digesting fructose.
since early 1990s in the US the current spread of the disease has been swift and wide.
and involved a salad mix (iceberg and romaine lettuce red cabbage carrots) sourced from the Mexican processing facility of a group of farms.
Cases in Texas were associated with uncooked coriander sourced from Puebla Mexico. Human cyclosporiasis is caused a disease by the single-celled parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis.
Take away the billions of animals who suffer on factory farms those animals who make up the human diet
and are called names like meat bacon pork and sausage to put distance between ourselves and the sentient beings who they really are.
Take away the billions of animals who are used in research so that people can supposedly live a bit longer and more comfortably.
and chickens rats and mice display empathy. Living up to society's own standards We must use the long overdue Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
or to prevent fires and the spread of parasites. In the long term one of the projected impacts of climate warming is that snow will begin to melt earlier in the year shifting up to a few weeks.
and nutrients freed up by the fatalities both studies found. In four different study sites 40 percent of older trees grew two times faster in the years after bark beetles munched through the forest Rhoades and his colleagues found.
so we can reliably reconstruct their ancient diets. The animal belonged to a group of ancient horses called Hipparionines
Cheetahs prey on warthogs gazelles antelopes rabbits porcupines and even ostriches and they catch their prey by chasing it down.
because their diet especially acacia leaves their favorite food contains a lot of water. When they do get thirsty they have to bend down awkwardly to drink
A hippo's entire diet consists of several species of grass and they eat up to 88 pounds (40 kg) of it each night.
Their main threats are illegal poaching for their meat and canine teeth which are made of ivory and the loss of freshwater habitats throughout Africa.
Kangaroos get much of the moisture they need from their diet which means they can go for long periods of time without drinking water.
Red Eastern Grey and Western Grey kangaroos can be hunted with a permit for their hides meat
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#Fun Facts About Koalas Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Diprotodonta Family: Phascolarctidae Genus:
because they get 90 percent of their hydration from gum leaves. Because of their low metabolism and the effort it takes to digest their food koalas remain motionless 16 to 18 hours a day
Leopards eat anything from carcasses fish and reptiles to mammals such as baboons antelopes warthogs hares and rodents.
She gives them meat when they are six or seven weeks old and continues suckling them for at least three months.
and as much as half of their diet usually consists of marsh or river plants. A moose stomach can hold up to 112 pounds (51 kg) of food at one time.
They have black fur with white patches at the throat and rump. They are generally solitary creatures
Tasmanian devils eat meat from snakes birds fish and insects. Their prey can reach up to the size of small kangaroos.
Their name means Harris's meat lover after the scientist who described them. Other resources:
which may constitute up to 30 percent of their diet. Zebras are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds.
They typically lay several egg sacs and cover them in webbing for protection. Funnel spiders lay eggs in the fall
and the spiderlings hatch in the spring. Dead female spiders are often found clinging to the egg sac.
Web Residents of grassy areas will recognize the funnel webs scattered in the grass during the summer and early fall.
The female spider lays her eggs in her burrow. Once they hatch the young spiders stay in the burrow until they are big enough to leave.
The team found the nocturnal carnivores on the western slopes of the Andes prowling the cloud forests for figs nectar and insects.
In the Tuskegee experimental fields Carver settled on peanuts because it was a simple crop to grow
but were less enthusiastic about the huge surplus of peanuts that built up and began to rot in local storehouses.
which he developed several new products that could be produced from peanuts. When he introduced these products to the public in a series of simple brochures the market for peanuts skyrocketed.
Today Carver is credited with saving the agricultural economy of the rural South. From his work at Tuskegee Carver developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts;
these included: flour paste insulation paper wall board wood stains soap shaving cream and skin lotion.
He experimented with medicines made from peanuts which included antiseptics laxatives and a treatment for goiter.
Contrary to popular belief while Carver developed a version of peanut butter he did not invent it.
The Incas developed a paste made out of ground peanuts as far back as 950 B c. In the United states according to the National Peanut Board Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of cereal fame invented a version
and couldn't chew meat. Peanut butter was introduced at the St louis World's Fair in 1904.
During World war i Carver was asked to assist Henry ford in producing a peanut-based replacement for rubber.
wood fillers more than 73 dyes rope breakfast cereal synthetic silk shoe polish and molasses. He wrote several brochures on the nutritional value of sweet potatoes
and the protein found in peanuts including recipes he invented for use of his favorite plants.
In 1920 Carver delivered a speech to the new Peanut Growers Association of America. This organization was advocating that Congress pass a tariff law to protect the new American industry from imported crops.
By 1938 largely due to Carver s influence peanuts had grown to be a $200-million-per year crop in the United states
Common heartburn triggers include alcohol caffeine chocolate citrus fruits spicy foods full-fat dairy products and mint according to the NIH.
Herbal remedies for GERD include licorice slippery elm and chamomile although rigorous studies herbal remedies for GERD are lacking.
Eating a healthy diet exercising and counting calories are the most proven methods to losing weight.
and choosing lean proteins to eat a healthy diet. Eating smaller portions will also help GERD and help weight loss w
#Giant panda Cub Celebrates 1st Birthday Xiao Liwu the charismatic panda cub born at the San diego Zoo last year celebrated his first birthday today with a towering three-tiered cake made from ice and bamboo
and though they have a number of common characteristics including distinctive cinnamon-red bark they are different species. One giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) known as General Sherman is the world's largest tree
Based on animal bone findings nutritional data and other discoveries at this workers'town site the archaeologists estimate that more than 4000 pounds of meat from cattle sheep
See Photos of the Unearthed Giza Pyramid Site This meat-rich diet along with the availability of medical care (the skeletons of some workers show healed bones) would have been an additional lure for ancient Egyptians to work on the pyramids.
They probably got a much better diet than they got in their village Redding told Livescience.
and other non-meat sources while the other half would come from sheep goat and cattle he estimated.
and other protein sources with the ratio of the bones (and the amount of meat and protein one can get from an animal) Redding determined about 11 cattle
Amazing Egyptian Discoveries The boss eats the beef The research revealed interesting details about life in the workers'town.
Redding said it wasn t surprising that the overseers preferred to dine on beef considering it was valued the most meat in ancient Egypt.
Cattle is of course the highest-status meat he said noting that it appears far more frequently then sheep
or goat in tomb scenes and that pigs never appear in tomb scenes. The settlement located adjacent to the workers'town dubbed eastern town wasn't as rigidly planned as workers'town
they were given not their meat and food every day like those in the workers'town were said Redding.
author of Diet Simple: 195 Mental Tricks Substitutions Habits & Inspirations (Lifeline Press 2011; and a frequent national commentator on nutrition topics.
which earned $2. 73 billion last year in part based on their reputation of using environmentally friendly ingredients disclosed that it is using genetically modified soybean oil and many genetically modified ingredients in its dishes.
The USDA's U s. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends every American eat at least five cups of fruits
Op-Ed). Her latest book is Diet Simple Farm to Table Recipes: 50 New Reasons to Cook In Season.
In addition to pest resistance GMO crops can be engineered for disease resistance drought tolerance added nutrients hot or cold temperature resistance and other beneficial traits.
#Go ahead, Eat the Halloween Candy (Op-Ed) Katherine Tallmadge M. A r. D. is registered a dietitian author of Diet Simple:
She bought several bags of her favorite candy bar and began a binge that didn't end until the candy was gone long before trick
or treating even began! That brought her up a couple of pounds. The holidays came and before you know it she had gained almost 10 lbs. before winter was over.
Those foods contain life-sustaining nutrients and a love for those foods helped keep people alive.
Also over the course of human evolution an attraction to scarce calorie-dense foods such as sweets and fats improved people's chances for survival.
which is why a handful of candy corn will make you feel better. When people are stressed anxious
A studyof chocolate in Appetite for instance found that American women crave chocolate significantly more than Spanish women.
I would regularly bake my favorite chocolate-chip bars and caramel popcorn both of which I made in childhood.
Using candy to feel better is not a great solution for your waistline. Candy is high in calories
For the same calories in a candy bar you could eat four apples or maybe you couldn't before getting full and that's the point!
and even eat Halloween candy but still avoid some of the excesses that many people have fallen victim to in the past.
Her latest book is Diet Simple Farm to Table Recipes: 50 New Reasons to Cook In Season.
#Go Gluten Free? Most People Shouldn't (Op-Ed) Katherine Tallmadge R. D. is registered a dietitian author of Diet Simple:
195 Mental Tricks Substitutions Habits & Inspirations (Lifeline Press 2011) and a frequent national commentator on nutrition topics.
in fact you may be thinking of going on a gluten-free diet yourself. Before you do here are some things to think about.
Originally gluten-free diets were designed to combat celiac disease a serious autoimmune disorder that virtually destroys the intestinal tract.
and is reversed by taking gluten out of the diet. But the danger of self-diagnosing and taking gluten out of your diet prematurely is that you would never be able to get an accurate diagnosis of your symptoms.
An intestinal biopsy is the only way to detect celiac definitively. People try gluten-free diets in response to feeling tired bloated
or depressed and find reducing gluten correlates with feeling better or losing weight. But that outcome is more likely
because they've cut out the excess calories found in many flour-based snack foods and they mistakenly attribute feeling better to taking out the gluten.
So before you rush into a gluten-free diet why not try something simple say an apple...
or exercise? Or would you prefer a life of no bread pasta or birthday cakes? It's a tough row to hoe and
I'm here if you need me as studies have found gluten-free diets can be seriously nutrient-deficient low in fiber iron folate niacin thiamine riboflavin calcium Vitamin b12 phosphorus and zinc.
That's because so many gluten-free products are made with refined unenriched grains and starches which contain plenty of calories but very few vitamins or minerals.
The new gluten-free industry is making millions from Americans'desperation to feel better. There has been an explosion of gluten-free junk foods and
I hope you don't become a victim. But I have great news: many of my clients have thought they might need a gluten-free diet
but when we worked together at improving their nutrition and life balance the symptoms vanished!
Perhaps that could work for you too? If you take the following steps and find you do need a gluten-free diet it can still fill all your nutritional requirements
but only if done carefully. How to check if you need a gluten-free diet 1. Have a complete check-up with your family physician. 2. Consult with appropriate specialists such as an allergist for wheat allergy and a gastroenterologist for celiac or another gastrointestinal disease.
If you have a wheat allergy you must avoid wheat but you do not have to avoid gluten from other grains.
If you have celiac disease you must avoid gluten even the tiniest amounts. But remember you must be eating gluten for the diagnosis to be made.
3. If you do not have a wheat allergy or celiac disease visit a registered dietitian to verify that you are eating a balanced diet with plenty of nutrient-dense naturally fiber-rich foods
and that you are getting adequate physical activity. A healthy diet and lifestyle reduce negative gastrointestinal symptoms
and inflammation boost the immune system improve brain function and reduce depression and anxiety. If you are need overweight you to lose weight as body fat can be toxic.
It produces hormones and pro-inflammatory chemicals that regulate metabolism the immune system inflammation and the progression of artery hardening.
When you have less body fat you get many biological benefits and feel better. 4. If symptoms persist (though they will not in most cases you may be one of the rare people who are gluten sensitive though hopefully not as it's a tough life.
To confirm the diagnosis and if a gluten-free diet is absolutely necessary for you
even though a gastroenterologist has verified you do not have celiac disease visit your gastroenterologist or the University of Maryland's Center for Celiac Research.
They specialize in detecting gluten sensitivity which may be identified a newly disorder. What is gluten? Gluten is a protein in wheat and some other grains such as rye and barley.
A gluten experiment in food science at the University of Maryland left a lasting impression on me about the function and importance of gluten.
I kneaded bread dough under flowing water. As I kneaded the dough the starch slowly washed away.
What remained was a rubbery mass the gluten the protein in wheat that gives bread its structure.
What are examples of gluten-containing foods that appear on food labels? These include barley bulgur cereal binding couscous durum einkorn emmer filler farro graham flour kamut malt malt extract malt flavoring malt syrup rye
semolina spelt triticale wheat wheat bran wheat germ wheat starch and oats that are labeled not Gluten Free
because they have been contaminated by gluten in the field or in the processing plant. What are examples of naturally gluten-free whole grains?
These include brown rice whole corn gluten-free oats millet teff sorghum wild rice buckwheat amaranth and quinoa.
What are wheat allergy celiac disease and gluten sensitivity? Anna Sapone of the Mucosal Biology Research center and Center for Celiac Research and her colleagues at the University of Maryland School of medicine reported on
and defined these diseases in the journal BMC Medicine in 2012. Wheat allergy is an adverse immunologic reaction to wheat proteins a classic food allergy affecting the skin gastrointestinal tract or respiratory tract.
Celiac disease is mediated an immune enteropathy (intestinal disease) triggered in susceptible individuals by the ingestion of gluten.
The onset of symptoms is usually gradual and characterized by a time lag of months or years after gluten introduction.
Doctors diagnose gluten sensitivity when both allergic (wheat allergy) and autoimmune mechanisms (celiac disease) have been ruled out through diagnosis by exclusion criteria;
individuals who experience distress when ingesting gluten may be considered as having gluten sensitivity. It is critical that you be examined by a gastroenterologist before switching to a gluten-free diet.
Why? Once you eliminate gluten it is virtually impossible to diagnose celiac disease and the diagnosis of this extremely serious autoimmune disorder should be your primary concern.
My favorite gluten-free guides are: Gluten-Free Diet: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Shelley Case R. D. Chase Nutrition Consulting Inc. 2010) Easy Gluten-Free by Tricia Thompson M. S. R. D
. and Marlisa Brown M. S. R. D. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010) and Gluten-Free Hassle Free by Marlisa Brown R. D c. D. E. Demos
Health 2009). Anyone giving gluten-free dietary advice should be registered a dietitian with R. D. listed after his or her name.
For more on the topic listen to the author and three other experts discuss the gluten-free craze on National Public Radio's The Diane Rehm Show andâ watch herâ in an interviewâ on ABCNEWS 7. The views expressed are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. Her most recent book is Diet Simple Farm to Table Recipes:
50 New Reasons to Cook In Season. Â This article was published originally onâ Livescience. com i
#Go Plant a Tree! 5 Odd Facts About Arbor day Today is not a holiday that spawns the excitement of Christmas or even Valentine's day.
But then again there are no gift-giving obligations or impossible restaurant reservations to make. Yes it's Arbor day celebrated nationally on the last Friday in April though some states have their own dates to better coincide with good tree-planting weather.
Read on for five quirky facts about this holiday including its odd roots. 1. The origins of Arbor day
When you think of trees what state jumps to mind? California with its redwoods? Vermont and its sugar maples?
How about Nebraska? Image Gallery: One-of-a-Kind Places On earth Despite (or rather because of) a naturally treeless prairie landscape Nebraska is the birthplace of Arbor day.
The holiday began with journalist Julius Sterling Morton who moved from Detroit to Nebraska in 1854.
At the time the wide open spaces of the west weren't working out so well for pioneers the shadeless prairie was hot in the summer with few windbreaks to keep tilled soil from blowing right into Kansas. The solution?
Psychology of the Curse There are countless superstitions involving everything from spilled salt to black cats to nailing horseshoes over doors
for example some professional tennis players eat exactly the same meals and stay in the same rooms at the same hotels following a big win.
Bad carbs aren't. Carbohydrates that come from white bread white rice pastry sugary sodas and other highly processed foods can make you fat.
and vegetables keep you healthy by providing you with vitamins minerals fiber and many other nutrients.
That's why a healthy diet should include good carbs. Carbohydrates are the most important source of energy for your body.
and stores any extra sugar for when you need it. Carbohydrates were grouped once into two main categories simple and complex.
Simple carbohydrates included sugars such as fruit sugar (fructose) corn or grape sugar (dextrose or glucose) and table sugar (sucrose.
Complex carbohydrates included everything made of three or more linked sugars. Complex carbohydrates were thought to be the healthiest to eat.
Foods with a high glycemic index like white bread cause rapid spikes in blood sugar. Foods with a low glycemic index like whole oats are digested more slowly causing a lower and gentler change in blood sugar.
Diets rich in foods that have a high glycemic index have been linked to an increased risk for diabetes heart disease obesity age-related macular degeneration infertility and colorectal cancer.
You can't base a diet on the glycemic index alone. Instead use it as a general guide.
Try a hot cereal like old-fashioned oats or a cold cereal that has a whole grain topping the ingredients list. 2. Use whole grain breads for lunch
or snacks. 3. Bag the potatoes. Instead have brown rice bulgur wheat berries whole wheat pasta or another whole grain with your dinner. 4. Choose whole fruit instead of juice.
An orange has twice as much fiber and half as much sugar as a 12-ounce glass of orange juice. 5. Bring on the beans.
Beans are an excellent source of slowly digested carbohydrates as well as a great source of protein.
If you would like to read more columns you can order a copy of How to be a Healthy Geezer at http://www. healthygeezer. com/.All rights Reserved  2013 by Fred Cicetti r
Consider the eye-opening case of the agribusiness firm Syngenta and its product atrazine a widely used agricultural pesticide on corn sorghum and sugar cane crops.
Tyrone Hayes a biologist at the University of California Berkeley demonstrated a decade ago that atrazine could turn male frogs female publishing his results in prestigious journals such as Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy
Hayes has remained a prominent vocal critic of atrazine ever since. In an effort to try to undermine Hayes'research the group writes Syngenta hired an investigator to dig up dirt on both Hayes and his wife commissioned a psychological profile of him and even planted trained critics in the audience at his speaking events.
We've seen this movie before most recently in disinformation campaigns by oil and gas companies like Exxonmobil that try to undermine climate science
which kill trees in the process of laying their eggs under the bark. Climate change has made the high-elevation whitebark pines more accessible to the destructive beetles.
Yellowstone bears also eat cutthroat trout meat from elk and bison and a fatty high-elevation insect called the army cutworm moth.
Pine nuts in particular are linked to birth and death rates Mattson said in a press conference organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists an advocacy group for science in public politicy.
Habitat trouble Mattson and Logan further criticized the bear report for downplaying the links between pine nuts and grizzly health.
Nor did the federal scientists expand their study beyond pine nuts Mattson said. Evidence suggests that bears especially females are eating more meat to compensate for the loss of whitebark pine nuts.
Meat provides plenty of calories but it comes with a side of danger. Cubs and yearlings at a kill site are more likely to be killed by wolves
or older bears than are cubs and yearlings snuffling for pine nuts. And meat-eating puts adult bears into closer contact with human hunters and ranchers should they go after livestock. 8 Ways Global Warming is Already Changing the World The result has been an increase both in total number
of bear deaths and in the proportion of bears killed by humans Mattson said. Meanwhile cutthroat trout are in decline because of predation by a nonnative fish.
The current food stamp system keeps people dependent on cheap low-nutrient food. Hunger in Appalachia has been the focus of government intervention for years the very focus of Lyndon B. Johnson's anti-poverty initiative in the 1960s
Today's hunger is perpetuated often by low-nutrient cheap processed food that ultimately results in raised healthcare costs that only contribute to our nation's overall deficit.
Individual households have saved about $1000 in grocery bills in a growing season. A one-acre garden at Jackson County Detention center saved $5000 in food costs in one season and introduced better food
Given the right tools they have started businesses and sold canned salsa and honey and squash and eggs at farmer's markets.
We hope these families will no longer have need a for food stamps. Grow Appalachia is a two-year program that gives people the tools they need to grow their own food for a lifetime.
or say no to eating endangered seafood. If you can start a small garden in your backyard.
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