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Health

Drinking Water Proven to Help Weight Loss
August 25, 2010 01:12 PM - Emily Sohn, Discovery News

It's a popular dieting secret: Drink more water, and you'll shed more pounds. Finally, science is adding weight to the practice. After about three months, a new study found, obese dieters who drank two cups of water before each meal lost 5 pounds more than a group of dieters who didn't increase their water intake. A year later, the water-drinkers had also kept more of the weight off.

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The Fate of Dairy Antibiotics in Ground Water
August 30, 2010 01:41 PM - Andy Soos, ENN

There are a lot of things that can go into the ground water. The key is whether what goes in will readily biodegrade and if not can it harm you or the environment. In the first large study to track the fate of a wide range of antibiotics given to dairy cows, University of California (UC) Davis scientists found that the drugs routinely end up on the ground and in manure lagoons, but are mostly broken down before they reach groundwater. Note that antibiotics are given to sick cows who are isolated from the regular milking herd until the antibiotic is absent from their system.

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SPOTLIGHT

Cook Green with Bryan Au

Roger Greenway, ENN
Celebrity Chef Bryan Au has created an iPhone and iPad app that helps users create Eco Green meals using recipes for unexpected menu items like, fast foods, junk foods and comfort foods. Using this app, it is possible for users to make food that is healthy for you and the planet while only taking a few minutes to make. Since there is no cooking it does not add to greenhouse gas emissions from cooking, and the recommended ingredients are Organic, local and seasonal as well. Although all the recipes in Eco Chef App are vegetarian and vegan, it was actually designed for everyone or anyone to enjoy regardless of their diet. It is healthy to add more fruits and vegetables in your diet regardless of what people prefer to eat. Bryan designed this recipe and celebrity chef app to be fun to use. It has a number of features, photos, videos, there is something for everyone from kids, teens, college students, adults, families and seniors.

COMMENTARY

Water Crisis in Asia

Mong Palatino, The Diplomat
As the contradictions of Asia’s water challenges have been laid bare this summer—with millions affected by flooding while others are hit by droughts—one thing has been made clearer: the coming water crisis could exacerbate already simmering domestic and regional tensions. Heavy monsoon rains have produced the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history, with more than three weeks of flooding leaving at least 1,500 dead and more than 4 million homeless. Millions of Pakistanis already require humanitarian assistance, yet the likelihood that many more could be added to this list has grown with the announcement that 200,000 have been evacuated as flood waters continue to rise in Singh Province in the country’s south. Meanwhile, flash floods and mudslides have submerged some villages in China’s Gansu Province, killing hundreds and leaving more than a thousand missing. Today, Chinese state media announced 250,000 had been evacuated in the north of the country after the Yalu River burst its banks.

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