13 Signs You Are Deficient In Magnesium And How To Fix It Every organ in your body, and especially your muscles and heart, needs magnesium to function properly. In fact, magnesium is involved in more than 300 biochemical processes. That’s a pretty tall order, so you definitely want to be sure you are getting all you require. But there’s a good chance you are actually deficient in magnesium. Why do I say that? Because up to 75 percent of Americans don’t even meet the minimum daily requirement for this mineral, which is 310 to 320 milligrams for women and 400 to 420 milligrams for men. The reason why most people are deficient in magnesium has a great deal to do with diet. Other reasons you could be deficient in magnesium include older age (absorption declines with age), use of certain medications (e.g., diuretics, antacids, insulin, corticosteroids, certain antibiotics), and gastrointestinal disorders such as Crohn’s disease or leaky gut. Signs you are deficient in magnesium 1. Love This? Thanks for subscribing! 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7.
Remarkable Shortlisted Entries from the 2016 Environmental Photographer of the Year Compelling photography can open our eyes and hearts in ways we never expected. Highlighting this visual power is the 2016 Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year competition, an international showcase open to all professional and amateur creatives. They’ve recently selected their shortlist of environmentally-focused images that inspire people around the world to take better care of our planet. The chosen submissions are a fascinating look at the natural landscape and how humans interact with it. Whether this is braving a flood in West Yorkshire, farming seaweed in Borneo, or playing basketball on a Tibetan mountainside, the photographs are a reminder of just how connected we are with the Earth—it’s our home and vital to our livelihood. The Environmental Photographer of the Year shortlist features 60 photographs and will be exhibited at the Royal Geographical in London from June 29 to August 21. Hydroponics at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, UK, by Guy Bell The future of food?
Food waste: harvesting Spain's unwanted crops to feed the hungry | Environment Under a blazing Catalan sun, Abdelouahid wipes the sweat from his brow in a cabbage patch full with clouds of white butterflies. “It’s really not warm today,” he says. “It’s only hot if you stop working.” Around him, unemployed workers and environmentalists squat in green bibs, black gloves and hats, plucking cabbages that would otherwise be threshed, to distribute at food banks around Barcelona. A 39-year-old Moroccan emigré with two small children, Abdelouahid began “gleaning” – harvesting farmers’ unwanted crops – with the Espigoladors (gleaners) after losing his job in the construction industry four years ago. “I don’t like to spend my days at home, sending CVs to employers, waiting for their rejection letters, or going around the restaurants trying to find food,” he says. Europe wastes some 88m tonnes of food each year - around 173 kg per person - with costs estimated at €143bn (£113bn). The centre is co-run by the Red Cross, Caritas – a church agency – and the local council.
Health Benefits Of Barley + Barley Recipes Barley has been making headlines lately for its unsung health benefits. Check out some of the health benefits of barley plus recipes to get you cooking. A look at barley’s nutritional profile makes it clear that this whole grain has a lot going for it. It is one of the highest fiber whole grains, according to The Whole Grains Council. A cup of cooked barley contains less than 200 calories while delivering 24 percent of your daily fiber needs. It also contains four grams of protein and 12 percent of your daily iron requirements. Compare that to a more common whole grain, like brown rice. Love This? Thanks for subscribing! Health Benefits of Barley 1. A recent study found that barley rivals oats in cholesterol-lowering power, but with fewer calories. 2. Back in February, another study found that barley is good for lowering blood sugar. 3. Barley, like other whole grains, helps reduce risk of early death, according to a study published in June of 2016. Barley Recipes Ready to get cooking?
D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity Abstract From the foods we eat and the houses we construct, to our religious practices and political organization, to who we can marry and the types of games we teach our children, the diversity of cultural practices in the world is astounding. Yet, our ability to visualize and understand this diversity is limited by the ways it has been documented and shared: on a culture-by-culture basis, in locally-told stories or difficult-to-access repositories. In this paper we introduce D-PLACE, the Database of Places, Language, Culture, and Environment. This expandable and open-access database (accessible at brings together a dispersed corpus of information on the geography, language, culture, and environment of over 1400 human societies. Citation: Kirby KR, Gray RD, Greenhill SJ, Jordan FM, Gomes-Ng S, Bibiko H-J, et al. (2016) D-PLACE: A Global Database of Cultural, Linguistic and Environmental Diversity. Editor: Alex Mesoudi, University of Exeter, UNITED KINGDOM Fig 1.
this. | What urban sprawl means for Melbourne’s food supply As the world’s most livable city, it’s no wonder Melbourne’s population continues to grow at a rapid rate. With more people comes the need for more housing and, as such, our city fringe is constantly expanding. But findings from Foodprint Melbourne – a collaborative research project between Deakin University and the University of Melbourne looking at food production on Melbourne’s city fringe – has uncovered some alarming statistics about the extent to which this population growth is threatening our food and vegetable supply. So how can we facilitate a growing population and ensure there’s enough local food? What are the main findings from the Foodprint Melbourne research? ‘Melbourne’s city fringe foodbowl produces a lot of food – it currently has the capacity to meet just over 40 per cent of Greater Melbourne’s food needs, including over 80 per cent of the city’s vegetable needs. What are the implications of losing Melbourne’s foodbowl to urban sprawl?
Food Processor Tips Obviously you know not to toss a food processor blade into a sinkful of soapy water (uhh, you do know that right?), but there are a few less-obvious ways you may be screwing up your food processor game. Make sure you’re not committing these crimes, and you’ll be chopping, dicing, and pesto-ing to your heart’s content in no time. 1. Filling the Bowl Before Setting Up the Machine Seems simple, but far too many people mess this up (our test kitchen even cops to doing it once in a while). Food director Carla Lalli Music points out that if you try to situate the bowl of the processor on the base when it’s full of basil, parmesan, and pine nuts, the blade won’t sit flush. Making soup? 2. 3. 4. That kale pesto will be too chunky if you don’t scrape down the sides. 5. 6. Related: 7 surprising ways to use a food processor When to Use a Food Processor, Blender, Immersion Blender, or Stand Mixer
What to do about toxic waste buried in Greenland's rapidly melting ice caps Climate change is bringing a lot of first-time environmental challenges, as well as many unprecedented political challenges. And one such climate change challenge could be particularly political. Greenland's ice sheet is melting at a rapid pace. According to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, this significant snow and ice loss could cause buried toxic waste to resurface unexpectedly. Camp Century was a US military base built on and under the Greenland ice sheet in 1959 to test nuclear missiles during the height of the cold war. But now scientists say the waste, which is currently about 115 feet below the surface of the ice, will resurface in as little as 75 years. "Our study highlights that Camp Century now possesses unanticipated political significance in light of anthropogenic climate change," the paper’s authors write. When the toxic remnants are exposed to the open ocean, surrounding ecosystems will likely suffer devastating consequences.