Soy

Are You Eating In The Matrix?

Darya Pino | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


Darya Pino

Unplugging from the industrial food Matrix does not need to happen all at once, but you can extract yourself from it eventually. The first step is starting to see it clearly.

Jeremy Piven: Soy Milk Gave Me Man Boobs

Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment


Hold the sushi and the soy lattes. Jeremy Piven, who recently recovered from a long battle with mercury poisoning, claims that he quit drinking soy mi...

Meat Politics: The Tofu Vs. Beef War Continues

Mother Nature Network | Karl Burkart | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


A New study claims meat is responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. But let's not forget, soy production is a leading cause of deforestation, ...

Prisons Raise And Serve Grass-Fed Beef

Hartke Is Online! | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several en...

The Top 10 Foods for Great Sex

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Christina Pirello

Wining and dining a date will more likely result in a great night's sleep rather than a great romp in the sack. To really get things going, you need to stimulate your 'circuitry,' your nervous and circulatory systems.

Lyme/Autism Group Blasts Genetically Modified Foods as Dangerous

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


Jeffrey Smith

Stop eating dangerous genetically modified foods! That's the upshot of the Lyme Induced Autism (LIA) Foundation's position paper released today.

How to Green Your Art Collection

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

If you're an art collector, aficionado, or appreciator, these four tips should help you shift your collection (or simply the way you see art) into a more earth-minded endeavor.

The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of

Randall Amster | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living


Randall Amster

G6PD is an essential enzyme that is lacking in people with this widespread genetic disorder, and its absence leads to a condition that is closely related to other forms of anemia.

Go Green With Your Bikini Wax

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 07.24.2009 | Green


Instead of succumbing to painful, environmentally-taxing waxing treatments, we've got a couple of tricks to make your coiffing experience green and pa...

It's Time to Enjoy More Soy: April is National Soy Foods Month

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living


Bruce Friedrich

Soy foods are not only nutritious, they're delicious and versatile. Soy products can be used in everything from stir fries and smoothies to cheeseburgers and cheesecakes.

Brazilian Coffee, Soybeans Threatened By Climate Change

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 03.22.2009 | Green


BRASILIA, Brazil — The future for Brazil's mighty farm sector could be grim, with hotter temperatures pushing crops past its borders, uphill int...

5 Dangerous Green Myths

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green


Can you tell the difference between eco fact and eco fiction? With the green movement growing in momentum, we frequently come across any number of st...

Colorado Company Takes Algae-Based Fuel to the Next Level

Green Inc. | Matthew L. Wald | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green


A Colorado company will break ground early next year on an algae farm that is intended to produce thousands of gallons of substitutes for gasoline and...

Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

Where's My Orangutan? Why Biofuels Don't Kill Apes

Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green


Josh Tickell

The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.