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Business Innovation
I think that one of the greatest steps toward improving our environment is increasing the individuals sense of responsibility toward it. One of the best ways we can do this is by supporting innovative businesses that not only provide us with our desired utility but also benefit the environment. For example, I came across a website ...
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Gustavion
on
July 23, 2008
Cow's milk or soy milk?
You failed to mention that Soy and most organic cow's milk is pasteurized at an ''Ultra High Heat'' This is to add extra shelf life to the product because it is shipped far from the manufacturing plant. This adds energy costs and a somewhat burnt nutty flavor. I feel it is best to find fresh cow's milk that is bottled locally from a dairy ...
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Bernadette Marcum
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July 23, 2008
Makes Me Laugh -- Elites With Furrowed Brows AT LAST - -
So, the FDIC Chairman is a female children's book author from Massachusetts, who started her new job running security for our Nation's bank deposits since 2006? How fortunate for her. I am a Massachusetts/New Hampshire working guy going back to 1990, originally from the Midwest, with some college but no degree, and I have been ''getting ...
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MichaelBernard1
on
July 18, 2008
Define "wrong message"
I appreciated this article, because as much as I loved Wall-E, it is refreshing to read something examining a point of view other than pure unadulterated awe. Additionally, I followed most of the links, and found the ''Junkfood Science'' article especially interesting. And I did walk out of the theater behind an overweight blonde man with a buzz ...
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MissIngraham
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July 11, 2008
Regarding the Wall-E article...
''Wall-E tells us that if we don't change the way we live, we'll all get really fat and destroy the world.'' You'll find no bigger supporter of the first amendment than me. However, I think the statement above, quoted from the article is a little biased. To me, it sounds like someone who is just looking for a reason to look down on ...
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CWickham
on
July 11, 2008
Fat enough
I couldn't even finish this article. I am sure that some people can't help being fat. All your science aside I have known many people that went from an active lifestyle to an inactive one and gained a lot of weight. Period. If you don't care enough about your own body to eat right, exercise, and generally take care of the one and only thing in ...
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digitalmonkeys
on
July 11, 2008
Poor analysis
C'mon. The movie in no way argues a connection between obesity and environmental degradation. The movie shows (1) that the earthly environment was ruined, and (2) 700 years later people are fat. We know nothing about the weight of people before (1), let alone before (2). The inference drawn by this article is simply poor reasoning. While I'm at ...
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kidblue
on
July 11, 2008
Are you crazy?
''But there's little evidence that overeating causes obesity on an individual level and no real reason to think that anyone can lose a lot of weight by dieting.'' Wow... That was, well...stupid. So, there's no evidence that our lifestyles are the cause of weight gain. The follow-up sentence was even more intelligent. That children who watch TV ...
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Xnegd
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July 11, 2008
Bad Genetics?
All right, the connection between obesity and environment is wrong. But if your thesis that obesity is 80% caused by genetics is correct, how comes that the US are the fattest country in the world? Just a lot of people with bad DNA? I think you grossly underestimades the effect that modern US lifestyle has on people with a predisposition to gain ...
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Giuliano974
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July 11, 2008
WALL-E
I disagree that Wall-E makes a connection between obesity and environmental issues. The film clearly indicates that the ''loss of bone mass'' occurred because of space travel, and the availability of hoverchairs (originally for the elderly). The environment was a mess before humans left Earth, and the obesity occurred after, and partly becuase ...
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Jevanyn
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July 11, 2008
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