Camels'humps consist of stored fat which they can metabolize when food and water is scarce.
When camels use their stored fat their hump will diminish. When they eat and drink again the hump will refill with fat.
The deep-sea mushrooms were preserved in chemicals that destroyed their DNA and cells hampering classification. Just said he hopes more tiny Jell-o-like creatureswill someday surface in another deep-sea expedition so modern genetic studies can reveal their evolutionary branch.
and paper while the seeds were used for protein-rich food and feed. Interest in hemp declined
For such industrial use modern varieties with insignificant content of psychoactive compounds are grown. Nonetheless industrial hemp cultivation is prohibited still in some industrialised countries like Norway and the USA.
Before producing energy from the residues it is certainly more environmentally friendly to use fibres oils or other compounds of hemp.
or other chemicals but online home and garden forums are full of complaints about these swimming holes'dark side.
In the meantime expensive chemical treatments may keep enough hemlocks alive long enough to find a solution. 6 Invasive Pests Threatened by Cold weather Next time
Erythritol is a natural compound that is present in several types of fruit. It's sweet like table sugar
and Drug Administration as a food additive in 2001 and many studies have shown humans have a high tolerance for the compound.
Their waterproof thick fur keeps platypuses warm in chilly temperatures and their big tails store extra fat for energy.
When it is broken down starch transforms into compounds called butyrates which are important for cells'metabolism.
They also determined that these mushrooms had similar amounts of protein fat vitamins and minerals as commercial yeast.
it prohibits the use of certain chemicals and inorganic fertilisers which usually results in lower yields and hence higher prices.
and a half 4-ounce servings of low-fat yogurt per week according to the study published today (Feb 5) in the journal Diabetologia.
and contains a specific type of Vitamin k as well as probiotics both of which have been suggested to protect against diabetes the researchers said.
The new work suggests that early cultures were global warming turtles slowly raising temperatures by adding carbon dioxide and methane (both greenhouse gases) to Earth's atmosphere over thousands of years.
The gases go up as human population booms instead of their usual decline. But some scientists say this is simply natural variability.
Parts per million denotes the volume of a gas in the air; in this case of every 1 million air molecules 245 are carbon dioxide.
Instead the models suggest that carbon dioxide rose about 40 ppm to 285 ppm and methane jumped to 790 ppb a 345 ppb rise as early humans chopped down trees
#Woolly mammoths and Rhinos Ate Flowers Woolly mammoths rhinos and other ice age beasts may have munched on high-protein wildflowers called forbs new research suggests.
These forbs are high in protein and other nutrients which may have helped the grazers put on weight
It's also possible that the vanishing of these high-protein plants hastened the extinction of ice age beasts such as the woolly mammoth.
</p><p>As if to underscore that claim a group of students from Mcgill University in Montreal has won the 2013 Hult Prize for producing a protein-rich flour made from insects.
s a list of seven<a href=http://www. livescience. com/12922-eating-insects-global-warming-greenhouse-gases. html>edible insects</a>you may soon find on your dinner plate.<
</p><p>Termites generally consist of up to 38 percent protein and one particular Venezuelan species<em>Syntermes aculeosus</em>is 64 percent protein.
Termites are also rich in<a href=http://www. livescience. com/29263-iron. html>iron</a>calcium essential fatty acids and amino acids such as tryptophan.</
The grasshoppers are known as rich sources of protein; some claim that the insects are more than 70 percent protein.</
</p><p>Researchers have noted that the gathering of<em>Sphenarium</em>grasshoppers is an attractive alternative to spraying pesticides in fields of alfalfa and other crops.
because their bodies are full of fats though they' re also eaten raw.</</p><p>A 2011 report from the Journal of Insect Science found that the African palm weevil is an excellent source of several nutrients such as potassium zinc iron and phosphorous as well as several
The insects are a rich source of important nutrients including protein iron potassium and phosphorus.</p><p>Because stink bugs release a noxious scent they are eaten not usually raw
Mealworms are also comparable to beef in terms of protein content but have a greater number of healthy polyunsaturated fats.</
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calcium fiber folate iron niacin potassium protein riboflavin thiamin and zinc and several vitamins (A B6 B12 C D E and K). Foods containing more of these nutrients
because there are no recommended intakes for these plant-based chemicals and uniform data on the amount of these phytochemicals in foods are also lacking she said.
Gluten is made of natural proteins found in wheat rye and barley. Until now there was no gold standard for
whereas the Breitling MXS-R is a molded carbon-fiber airplane Mangold said. It has no metal tubing on it so it's very difficult to make major changes to it.
To identify gene families specific to C. canephora the researchers used comparative genomics software on proteins from a variety of plants that are genetically related to the species including tomato and grape.
and flavonoid compounds the compounds responsible for coffee's distinctive smell and characteristic bitterness. For example the researchers found that coffee has six genes for one such compound linoleic acid
And in addition to these extra flavor-and aroma-enhancing compounds the researchers found that C. canephora has a larger genetic assortment linked to N-methyltransferases (NMTS) the enzymes encoded by genes involved in the production of caffeine.
When the coffee plant's caffeine-laden leaves fall to the ground caffeine compounds sink into the soil where they prevent the germination of other plant species that would normally compete with the coffee plant for space
and a number of vitamins and other nutrients in the diet including lycopene Vitamin c Vitamin e and several carotenes.
By contrast evidence suggests that the more common bug spray chemical NN-Diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) isn't useful against ticks.
That is why a single tropical tree may have hundreds of distinct chemical compounds in its defence arsenal against herbivores which makes the analysis harder.
which is the study of chemical fingerprints left behind by an organism. Metabolomic analyses across forests in Mexico the Amazon
The Environmental Working group maintains a list of the produce items that it considers to be the most heavily sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals.
Soybeans provide basic proteins capable of sustaining human health. Greens sprouts and even seaweed may help create a balanced diet.
At least in the early years Red planet residents will not have access to fruits containing Vitamin c so they would have to rely on vitamins
just as astronauts do today. All of the above-mentioned crops can grow hydroponically to conserve space and resources.
Mushrooms provide essential nutrients including Vitamin d and Vitamin b-6. Easy to grow and harvest mushrooms are ingredients in many popular dishes.
The fungi could grow in compost created using waste material from other agricultural processes as well as sanitary waste.
While not popular in most European countries and the Anglo-sphere grasshoppers are a major source of animal protein in Asia Africa and South america.
when converting vegetable mass into protein as pigs and five times as efficient as cattle. In addition the husbandry associated with raising grasshoppers is compared relatively simple to that needed for cattle chickens
Perhaps in the future the list of 3d printed proteins would also include fish. NASA has experimented also with using 3d printers for making chocolate and even pizza.
Perhaps in the future the list of 3d printed proteins will include fish. While the exact forms that agriculture would take on Mars are still very much an unknown at least one thing is clear:
One is by displacing other foods in the diet that may not be as heart healthy such as foods high in saturated fats like red meat
and chickpeas are good sources of fiber plant protein vitamins and minerals which may all play a role in lowering cardiovascular disease she said.
and low in saturated fats might expect to reduce LDL levels by 5 to 10 percent.
and not by the constant bombardment of solar particles as previously thought scientists say.</</p><p>The so-called zebra stripes form when the electric field around Earth generated by the planet's rotation previously thought to be too weak to impact the fast-moving particles creates a striped pattern in the inner electron belt.</
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a particle thought to explain how other particles get their mass is tiny but it may not be the tiniest particle yet.
Theories have predicted long the existence of even smaller particles that might make up the Higgs and recent research suggests these pip-squeaks dubbed techni-quarks are likely lurking in the universe.</
</p><p>However it will take the upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) the world's most powerful particle accelerator
or the next generation of colliders to spot these Higgs components saidthomas Ryttov a particle physicist at the University of Southern Denmark.</
Particle</a p><p>An experimental mini heart could help people with a medical condition that causes blood to pool in their veins by pumping their blood through the vessels
I would soon learn saturated with farm chemicals. Although our entire history in that place depended on farming within the climate's limits my father like his neighbors had grasped on to new technology allowing him to irrigate out of the vast but virtually nonrenewable Ogallala Aquifer.
and reduce the protein content of food crops Frumkin added and the finding now that zinc and iron are affected also raises the possibility that a host of other micronutrients#such as iodine selenium
When the team analyzed their data the results showed a significant decrease in the concentrations of zinc and iron as well as protein in wheat and rice cultivars.
For example zinc iron and protein concentrations in wheat grains grown at the FACE sites were reduced by about 9 percent 5 percent
and field peas in the study although protein was not. Countermeasures The authors suggest that some of the nutritional deficits they observed could be counteracted through breeding programs that select for decreased sensitivity to carbon dioxide.
and zinc from the soil in elevated carbon dioxide conditions or to diversify crops to include protein-rich legumes such as beans
what liberating all that carbon into the Earth s atmosphere would do to the climate.
All while significantly reducing our total carbon emissions. Just when we have the greatest number of mouths to feed in all of human history our reserves of easy to obtain low cost phosphorus may start to run out.
Where will that low carbon energy come from in the middle of the century? Will we starve
Power plants are the largest source of U s. carbon pollution. The United states limits mercury arsenic and soot from power plants yet astonishingly there are no national limits on how much carbon these plants can dump into our atmosphere.
National Climate Assessment: Agriculture chapter This June the U s. Environmental protection agency (EPA) will propose the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants.
NRDC analysis shows that strong carbon limits would yield up to $60 billion in health and environmental benefits by 2020.
NRDC also found that energy efficiency provides the cheapest way for utilities to meet carbon limits
and utility investments inefficiency also help reduce household electric bills. If America acts now to reduce carbon pollution we can help protect our communities from unchecked climate change
and we can ensure our nation's farms and food remain secure long into the future.
Through our site you can tell the EPA you support strong limits on dangerous carbon pollution.
Beinecke's most recent Op-Ed was Cutting Power-plant Carbon Could Save U s. $60 Billion by 2020 The views expressed are those of the author
The Amazon also drives climate as well as responds to it thanks to its ability to take up carbon from the atmosphere.
and things like that or altered the soils changing the soil chemistry and composition which can have a longer-lasting legacy effect.
A Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger meanwhile has 920 calories and 30 grams of saturated fat one-and-a-half days'worth without toppings.
It's full of saturated fat it's high in calories it increases the risk of colon cancer
It turns out that grass-fed beef has lower levels of unhealthy fats and higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids
and provides more Vitamin a and E as well as cancer-fighting antioxidants Not many better-burger chains offer grass-fed beef however because there's not a lot of it around making it more expensive
what scientists call an inefficient protein Boucher said. It requires substantial resources to produce compared with
but produces less than 5 percent of the protein and less than 2 percent of the calories that feed the global population.
or poultry and produces at least five times more carbon pollution. The contrast between beef and such staples as wheat rice and potatoes is even more stark.
The fact is the U s. beef industry produces beef with lower greenhouse gas emissions than any other country.
According to Boucher's 2012 study U s. beef consumption helps drive tropical deforestation which is now responsible for about 10 percent of the world's carbon emissions.
Each juicy bite has significant levels of vitamins A B6 and C lots of lycopene antioxidants and amino acids.
which is a naturally occurring compound in fruits and vegetables that reacts with the human body to trigger healthy reactions.
2 cups diced (10 oz/280 g) Calories 80 Calories from Fat 0*Percent Daily Values(%DV) are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
and may help reduce the accumulation of excess fat. A study published in the American Journal of Hypertension found that watermelon extracts helped reduce hypertension and lower blood pressure in obese adults.
Skin and hair benefits Vitamin a is stellar for your skin and just a cup of watermelon contains nearly one-quarter of your daily recommended intake of it.
Vitamin a helps keep skin and hair moisturized and it also encourages healthy growth of new collagen and elastin cells according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Vitamin c is also beneficial in this regard as it promotes healthy collagen growth. Muscle soreness Watermelon-loving athletes are in luck:
drinking watermelon juice before an intense workout helps reduce next-day muscle soreness and heart rate according to a 2013 study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
This can be attributed to watermelon's amino acids citrulline and arginine which help improve circulation. Cancer prevention Like other fruits and vegetables watermelons may be helpful in reducing the risk of cancer through their antioxidant properties.
and Asia is loaded with beneficial compounds. In fact its early uses dating back 3000 years were mainly medicinal.
In this century chocolate (processed cocoa with added fat often milk and sugar) has been enjoyed for its melt-in-your mouth texture
if high in flavanols the beneficial plant compounds scientists believe impart most of cocoa's benefits relaxes the blood vessels an important protection against hypertension and heart disease.
Unfortunately these compounds are rarely in the chocolate we eat in 21st-century America. Flavanols impart a bitter taste
and to save calories look for chocolate with lower fat and sugar levels. In general cocoa is your best first choice.
The clearing of those forests not only harms the habitat of many endangered species it releases huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere that those forests had stored formerly.
While tropical forests store vast amounts of carbon the peat soils on which some of these forests grow often contain some twenty times more.
In fact the peat soils in Southeast asia store as much carbon as all aboveground vegetation in the Amazon.
When these peat-rich soils are drained to make way for palm-oil plantations the peat decomposes releasing large quantities of carbon
which can emit even more carbon into the atmosphere. Adding considerable urgency to the problem is the growing demand for palm oil.
A French research team figured out that by looking at the carbon atoms in mummies that had lived in Egypt between 3500 B c
All carbon atoms are taken in by plants from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by the process of photosynthesis. By eating plants
and the animals that had eaten plants the carbon ends up in our bodies. The sixth-lightest element on the periodic table carbon exists in nature as two stable isotopes:
carbon-12 and carbon-13. Isotopes of the same element behave the same in chemical reactions
but have slightly different atomic masses with the carbon-13 being slightly heavier than the carbon-12.
Plants are categorized into two groups. The first group C3 is most common in plants such as garlic eggplants pears lentils and wheat.
The second smaller group C4 comprises foodstuffs like millet and sorghum. The common C3 plants take in less of the heavier isotope carbon-13
while the C4 plants take in more. By measuring the ratio of carbon-13 to carbon-12 you can distinguish between these two groups.
If you eat a lot of C3 plants the concentration of carbon-13 isotopes in your body will be lower than
if your diet consisted mainly of C4 plants. The mummies that The french researchers studied were the remains of 45 people that had been shipped to two museums in Lyon France during the 19th century.
We worked a lot with bones and teeth while most researchers study hair collagen and proteins.
They measured carbon-13 to carbon-12 ratios (and also some other isotope ratios) in bone enamel and hair in these remains and compared them to similar measurements performed on pigs that had received controlled diets consisting of different proportions
As pigs have a similar metabolism to humans their carbon isotope ratios could be compared to
Hair absorbs a higher rate of animal proteins than bone or teeth and the isotope ratios in hair of the mummies corresponded to that found in hair of modern European vegetarians confirming that the ancient Egyptians were also mainly vegetarians.
As is the case with many modern people their diet was wheat-and barley-based.
All this makes it a bit surprising that the isotopes should suggest that fish was consumed not widely.
These emissions among other greenhouse gases heated the globe by about 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) over roughly 20000 years.
Our experimental results indicate that sulfur trioxide is expected to be the major sulfide component in the sulfur oxide gas released during the impact Ohno told Live Science in an email interview.
or sweeping out of acid aerosols by coexisting silicate particles sulfuric acid would have settled to the ground surface within a very short time Ohno said.
It has lost more than 80 percent of its habitat to human development including ranching wild farms and oil and gas drilling.
and gas development on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). However oil and gas interests paid for the environmental impact study
and would allow more than 15000 wells to be drilled on these lands. The impacts on wildlife air and water quality could be wide-reaching.</
These tropical treats are a great way to get important dietary fiber bromelain (an enzyme) manganese copper and Vitamin c.
Pineapples are also fat -and cholesterol-free and low in sodium. Not surprisingly they do contain sugar with 16 grams per cup.
Pineapples nutritional benefits are as fascinating as their anatomy The fruit s wide-ranging benefits include immune system support protein digestion and bone strength.
In addition to the vitamins and minerals listed above pineapples also contain smaller amounts of B vitamins calcium zinc Vitamin a and beta-carotene.
It also contains fewer vitamins and minerals. If you do opt for canned pineapple try to get it with no added sugar
2 slices 3 diameter 3/4 thick (4 oz/112 g) Calories 50 Calories from Fat 0*Percent Daily Values(%DV
Immune system support Nothing is associated more with immunity than Vitamin c and pineapple contains over 100 percent of the daily recommended value for women and 88 percent of it for men.
Plus Vitamin c also functions as the body s primary water-soluble antioxidant that fights against free radicals.
This makes Vitamin c a helpful fighter against problems like heart disease atherosclerosis and even joint pain.
But unlike many other fruits and veggies pineapple contains significant amounts of bromelain an enzyme that breaks down protein helping digestion.
Common cold In addition to having lots of Vitamin c pineapple s bromelain can help reduce mucus in the throat.
Extremely high amounts of Vitamin c can lead to problems like diarrhea nausea abdominal pain heartburn vomiting headaches and insomnia.
#'Tomato Pill'May Improve Blood vessel Function in Some Patients Taking a daily supplement of lycopene a compound found in tomatoes
The researchers measured the people's blood-vessel function by examining how the vessels in their forearms responded to a molecule called acetylcholine.
The investigators found no effect of lycopene supplementation on blood pressure arterial stiffness or lipid levels.
The use of natural biodegradable products as an alternative to synthetic chemicals has shown remarkable improvements in maintaining fruit quality
Our research at the Centre of Excellence for Postharvest Biotechnology at Nottingham University s Malaysia Campus is making these natural products into nano-forms or submicron particles to control postharvest diseases.
Synthetic chemicals are used currently to control postharvest diseases but consumers worry about the chemical residues they leave on fruit their environmental impact
and the potential for pathogens to become resistant to them. Our research is a response to this developing more environmentally friendly and non-chemical approaches.
This includes packing food in containers that modify the atmosphere to prevent decay hot water treatment
or blanching and most importantly using natural biodegradable products as an alternative to synthetic chemicals. Once proper postharvest technologies are used efficiently food losses can be minimised and the problem of food insecurity alleviated.
and sago spleen indicates protein (amyloid) deposits whereas oat cell carcinoma describes the appearance of a highly aggressive form of lung cancer.
They are a good source of vitamins C and B6 manganese phosphorus niacin and pantothenic acid.
1 medium (5. 3 oz/148 g) Calories 110 Calories from Fat 0*Percent Daily Values(%DV) are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
The Vitamin c in potatoes acts as an antioxidant. These substances may prevent or delay some types of cell damage according to the National institutes of health.
Scientists at the Institute for Food Research have discovered that potatoes contain chemicals called kukoamines which are associated with lowering blood pressure.
Brain functioning and nervous system health The B6 vitamins in potatoes are critical to maintaining neurological health.
Vitamin b6 helps create useful brain chemicals including serotonin dopamine and norepinephrine according to the University of Maryland Medical center.
Immunity Vitamin c can help prevent everything from scurvy to the common cold and potatoes are full of this nutrient with about 45 percent of the daily recommended intake per medium baked potato according to the Washington state Potato Commission.
vitamins C and B6 help reduce free radicals; and carotenoids help maintain proper heart functioning. Additionally B6 plays a crucial role in the methylation process
which among other things changes the potentially dangerous molecule homocysteine into methionine a component in new proteins according to Harvard.
Skin care According to Organic Facts Vitamin c Vitamin b6 potassium magnesium zinc and phosphorous can all help keep skin as smooth and creamy as well mashed potatoes.
but they are also starchy carbohydrates with little protein. According to Harvard the carbs in potatoes are the kind that the body digests rapidly
In a potato those water-soluble nutrients include B-complex vitamins Vitamin c potassium and calcium. As much as 80 percent of a potato's Vitamin c may go down the drain
if you boil the vegetable. The same thing can happen with peeled potatoes that are left to soak a method used to stop darkening.
#Lost Microbes are Eroding Amazon s Ability to Capture Carbon (Op-Ed) This article was published originally at The Conversation.
Owing to its size the forest absorbs 1. 5 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year making it the largest terrestrial sink of this greenhouse gas.
Large amounts of nitrogen are needed to achieve the Amazon s role as a carbon Sink in the rainforest that comes primarily from the natural process of nitrogen fixation performed by microbes called diazotrophs.
They break apart molecules of nitrogen that is essential for all living things. But up until now no one has looked at how the function of these microbes changes
The process of deforestation is causing an addition of 1. 6 billion tons of CO2 to the atmosphere per year substantially increasing greenhouse gases.
Though the mountains may look like one massive granite blob sharp boundaries mark chemical variations within the range.
It turns out that even California's famed giant sequoias the largest living trees On earth grow only in soil topping rocks with the right chemical composition according to the study published today (Feb 10) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Tallest Trees On earth Subtle differences in geochemistry that arose more than 100 million years ago are now affecting life on the mountain range said Hahm.
The granite's chemical boundaries mark different plutons or plugs of magma that cooled underground.
Each pluton has a slightly different chemical composition. The plutons have been brought to the surface by millions of years of erosion along with uplift from tectonic forces at the boundary between the North american and Pacific plates.
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