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A healthy diet should include fruits and vegetables are not only good for the body but also for your skin and hair. \u003C\/b\u003EIt is undeniable fact that your diet affects your skin and hair. Unhealthy foods not only makes you look dull, but also cause some hair problems like hair loss and hair damage.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S_6eWzpeOYI\/UUAG3nFz7uI\/AAAAAAAAax0\/AWYVJcmhqEU\/s1600\/Woman-With-Hair-Loss.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"10 Fruits Beneficial For Treating Hair Loss\" border=\"0\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S_6eWzpeOYI\/UUAG3nFz7uI\/AAAAAAAAax0\/AWYVJcmhqEU\/s400\/Woman-With-Hair-Loss.png\" title=\"10 Fruits Beneficial For Treating Hair Loss\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMany foods that can help treat skin and hair problems. For example, bananas are one of the popular fruit that is very beneficial for skin and hair care. Similarly, there are some healthy vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and carrots are good for the hair. Hair loss is a common problem of everyone. Even after taking proper hair care, the problem turns out msih there. So, here is a list of fruits that you can use to prepare a package of hair and cure hair loss naturally.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOranges\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOrange can be used for hair to promote hair growth and cope with hair loss. You can also use the juice or extract to your hair to get the best results.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGrapefruit\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGrapefruit This citrus fruit is a rich source of Vitamin C, an antioxidant that increases blood circulation thus reducing hair loss naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELemon\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELemon beneficial to give beauty to the hair. You can apply lemon to treat hair loss, dandruff, itchy scalp and dry naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBerries\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe dark coloured fruits also help treat hair loss and increase hair growth. It contains natural chemicals called bioflavanoids which increases blood circulation in the scalp thus reducing hair fall naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECherries \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECherries are rich in bioflavanoids that can help treat hair loss naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPlum \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo have healthy hair, you must have plums. You can add the pulp of plums to your hair mask to reduce hair loss.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBanana \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMashed banana pulp if applied on the hair and scalp treats hair loss and helps get shiny and lustrous hair.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGuava \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuava is rich in vitamin A that promotes new hair growth and also increases the function of mucous membranes. Add few drops of honey and lemon juice if you have dandruff. Mix and apply on your hair to get the best results.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPapaya \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe juicy extract of papaya is a natural exfoliator for the skin and hair. If mixed with milk and honey, it not only treats scalp problems but also reduces hair fall naturally.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPeaches \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis fruit is mostly used to treat scalp problems. If your scalp is not clean, it can lead to hair fall. So, a homemade peach hair mask can be of great help.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESource : boldsky\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/feeds\/885935819894821756\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/2013\/03\/10-fruits-beneficial-for-treating-hair.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6669564525403517433\/posts\/default\/885935819894821756"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6669564525403517433\/posts\/default\/885935819894821756"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/2013\/03\/10-fruits-beneficial-for-treating-hair.html","title":"10 Fruits Beneficial For Treating Hair Loss"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13300808924321414623"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S_6eWzpeOYI\/UUAG3nFz7uI\/AAAAAAAAax0\/AWYVJcmhqEU\/s72-c\/Woman-With-Hair-Loss.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669564525403517433.post-540035379669618520"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-19T10:05:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-11-10T07:02:05.630-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Diet"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Efficacious Plants"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Blacks Less Likely to Stick to High Blood Pressure Diet"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPeople who stick with the so-called \"DASH diet\" achieve significant reductions in blood pressure, but blacks are less likely than whites to adopt the diet, researchers have found.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet\u003C\/b\u003E -- which is rich in healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy items, and low in fats and cholesterol -- has been proven to help lower blood pressure.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QHzMXYdlpJw\/UFn6-UPtxHI\/AAAAAAAAJyk\/4zLYgYBLCtg\/s1600\/DASH-Diet.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QHzMXYdlpJw\/UFn6-UPtxHI\/AAAAAAAAJyk\/4zLYgYBLCtg\/s400\/DASH-Diet.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr align=\"right\"\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia,\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif;\"\u003Einquisitr.com\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this study, Duke University Medical Center researchers examined whether adherence to the DASH diet was associated with blood pressure changes and what factors predicted who would stay with the diet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe study included 144 sedentary, overweight or obese adults who had hypertension (high blood pressure) and were not taking blood-pressure lowering medications. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups: DASH diet alone; DASH diet plus weight-loss counseling and aerobic exercise; or no change in diet and exercise habits.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter four months, participants in the DASH diet\/counseling\/exercise group lost an average of 19 pounds. Weight remained stable in the other two groups, the investigators found.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParticipants in both DASH diet groups had significant reductions in blood pressure levels, and those who adhered most closely to the diet had the largest drops in blood pressure. This suggests that following the DASH diet lowers blood pressure, independent of exercise and weight loss.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut the study found that exercise and weight loss in addition to the DASH diet promoted even greater reductions in blood pressure and improved other measures of heart health.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe researchers also discovered that blacks were less likely than whites to adopt the DASH diet. No other factor predicted whether participants would stick with the diet, according to the study published online Sept. 19 in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe findings suggest that altering traditional recipes rather than eliminating certain foods altogether might improve black patients' adherence to the DASH diet.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We need to be aware of cultural differences in dietary preferences in order to help people better adopt a DASH-friendly diet,\" James Blumenthal, a professor of behavioral medicine, said in a Duke news release. \"It is important to take into account traditional food choices and cooking practices when attempting to incorporate more DASH foods into daily meal plans.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia,\u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,serif;\"\u003ESource : http:\/\/www.healthytexas.org\/\/health_lib_content.jsp?chunkiid=797009\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/feeds\/540035379669618520\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/2012\/09\/blacks-less-likely-to-stick-to-high.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6669564525403517433\/posts\/default\/540035379669618520"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6669564525403517433\/posts\/default\/540035379669618520"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.healthinfo.co.vu\/2012\/09\/blacks-less-likely-to-stick-to-high.html","title":"Blacks Less Likely to Stick to High Blood Pressure Diet"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/13300808924321414623"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-QHzMXYdlpJw\/UFn6-UPtxHI\/AAAAAAAAJyk\/4zLYgYBLCtg\/s72-c\/DASH-Diet.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6669564525403517433.post-7821802358930846836"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-26T21:21:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-11-10T07:02:05.777-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Diet"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":" Diet 33 Ways to Eat Environmentally Friendly"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003EThe sustainable food movement is sweeping the country. Farmer’s markets, organic produce, genetically modified foods, cage-free eggs — they’ve all become part of the cultural lingo. While a lot of this conversation focuses around whether organic foods are better for people’s health, let’s not forget that these trends are also good for the planet. Read on to learn about the 33 environmentally friendly eating habits that are making a difference for our bodies and our earth.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dv2rw4Y5zVw\/UDr1YzJdJAI\/AAAAAAAAHD0\/jnF2G2u1mBM\/s1600\/eat-local-environmentally-friendly-eating.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Dv2rw4Y5zVw\/UDr1YzJdJAI\/AAAAAAAAHD0\/jnF2G2u1mBM\/s400\/eat-local-environmentally-friendly-eating.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the store:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. Reuse it.\u003C\/b\u003E Bring a reusable bag on your next shopping trip, and you’ve already helped out the planet. The U.S. alone uses about 100 billion new plastic bags each year, and (brace yourself) this massive production costs 12 million barrels of oil. Worldwide, only about 1% of plastic bags are recycled — which means that the rest end up in landfills, oceans or elsewhere in the environment. Why does it matter? Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, but light exposure can degrade them enough to release toxic polymer particles — most of which end up in the ocean. Approximately 1 million birds and 100,000 turtles and other sea animals die of starvation each year after ingesting plastic bags, which block their digestive tracts. And public agencies spend millions of dollars on litter clean-up each year. (In case you’re wondering, paper bags aren’t much better. Each year, 14 million trees are cut down to make paper shopping bags via a process that requires even more energy than the making of plastic bags.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. Strip down.\u003C\/b\u003E Look for products with minimal packaging, like unwrapped produce or meat straight from the deli counter or butcher. Excess packaging is often made out of unsustainable materials and contributes to waste that ends up in landfills. Perhaps the worst culprit is polystyrene (a.k.a. Styrofoam), which is a suspected carcinogen and is manufactured through an energy-intensive process that creates hazardous waste and greenhouse gases.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. Don’t buy the bottle. \u003C\/b\u003EMillions of tons of plastic are used to produce billions of plastic water bottles each year. Save money and lessen waste by drinking tap water from a reusable water bottle. Worried about your health? Try a water filter, or take courage from the fact that a lot of bottled water is likely no better than what’s on tap.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. Shop different. \u003C\/b\u003EChoose to give your money to stores that demonstrate care for the planet, both in their company practices and in the food selections they provide. Look for a selection of local and organic foods as well as store practices that limit waste (think doors on the refrigerated sections so that energy isn’t wasted, minimal and\/or recyclable packaging and a store-wide recycling program).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EProduce:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. Go local.\u003C\/b\u003E Eating locally grown foods is possibly the best way to lower your carbon footprint when it comes to what you eat. Bonus: Eating locally means that food will be fresher — and therefore taste better and perhaps retain more nutrients — than food shipped across the globe.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6. Eat more of it.\u003C\/b\u003E Eat more produce than any other food category, and you’ve already made an impact for the planet (not to mention your body!).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7. Go organic.\u003C\/b\u003E The definition of organic can be a little confusing, but food labels can help. Certified organic foods are grown and processed using farming methods that recycle resources and promote biodiversity, without the use of synthetic pesticides, bioengineered genes or petroleum- or sewage-sludge-based fertilizers. (Weird. Who wouldn’t want their food grown in sewage sludge?) Though their benefits to the environment have a long-term payoff, organic foods can be pricier — if you’re on a budget, find out which foods are most worth buying organic, and limit your organic purchases to the ones that make the biggest impact.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8. Eat it raw.\u003C\/b\u003E Chomp down on a raw carrot instead of boiling or sautéing it, and save energy that would otherwise have been used to power cooking appliances.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E9. Eat in season.\u003C\/b\u003E Seasonal nomming allows you to eat locally — and we’ve already covered how important local purchasing is for the environment. Check out what’s growing nearby right now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E10. Preserve it.\u003C\/b\u003E Want to eat more locally, but love to eat strawberries year-round? Learn how to preserve fruits and vegetables so you can eat locally grown produce all year long (it’s bound to impress Grandma, too).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E11. Grow it.\u003C\/b\u003E You don’t need to live in the wild to grow your own fruits and veggies. Join a community garden, or, if you’re cramped for space, create a vertical garden right inside your window.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E12. Get some community support. \u003C\/b\u003ENot into the idea of growing your own? Consider joining a CSA (short for community supported agriculture), which allows you to reap the benefits of locally grown produce without getting your hands dirty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMeat:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E13. Eat less of it.\u003C\/b\u003E Industrially farmed meat has the greatest impact of any food product on the environment. In addition to the tips outlined below, consider making meat less of a staple in your diet. Can’t give up the stuff? Try going meat-free for just one day per week (or one meal per week if you’re really attached).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E14. You guessed it:\u003C\/b\u003E buy local. We’ve said it before and we’re saying it again: buying local is a great way to cut down on the environmental impact of your food. Just imagine how much energy it would take to haul a side of beef from, say, New Zealand, in comparison to transporting it from the local butcher shop.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E15. Go organic.\u003C\/b\u003E When it comes to meat, the definition of “organic” changes a little. Obviously, chickens aren’t grown in the soil, nor are they (we hope!) conventionally grown with pesticides. Rather, organic livestock must have access to the outdoors and cannot be supplemented with antibiotics or growth hormones.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E16. Be anti-antibiotics.\u003C\/b\u003E It’s common practice these days to feed growth-producing antibiotics to animals raised for meat, but this results in health risks for the animals — and, by extension, the people who eat them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E17. Go out to pasture. \u003C\/b\u003EPasture-raised livestock make less of a negative environmental impact. They’re also treated more humanely than their industrially raised counterparts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESeafood:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E18. Look for the label. \u003C\/b\u003EFiguring out how to buy sustainable seafood is tough: turns out “wild caught” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s environmentally friendly, after all, while some farmed fish are. The easiest way to sort through all the confusion is to look for the label of the Marine Stewardship Council, which guarantees that a product has successfully met requirements for sustainability.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E19. Know your fish.\u003C\/b\u003E Check out these guides to figure out which fish are least endangered and most likely to be farmed sustainably, and use them to guide your buying decisions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E20. Be a patriot.\u003C\/b\u003E Buy U.S. caught or farmed fish. It’s as close as you can get to buying “local” when you live in a land-locked state, and it also means that the product has had the chance to be reviewed by the Marine Stewardship Council, so you have a better sense of the conditions under which the fish were caught.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E21. Try something new.\u003C\/b\u003E Instead of eating the ever-popular Alaskan salmon along with everybody else at the restaurant, expand your diet and distribute your impact by trying different varieties of fish. Check out these alternatives to some of our fishy favorites — you might even find a variety that you like more than tuna. In the process, you’ll reduce the risk of endangering key species.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDairy:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E22. Be hormone-free.\u003C\/b\u003E (Wouldn’t that have made adolescence easier…) Just as livestock raised for consumption are often pumped full of antibiotics, dairy cows are often fed artificial hormones to up their milk production. This has big health impacts for the cows, the people who consume their milk and other dairy products, and the environment (manure lagoons sure don’t sound like a good thing to us). Industrial dairy production is also linked to massive greenhouse gas emissions. Luckily, hormone-free dairy products are readily available.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E23. Surprise! Go local.\u003C\/b\u003E As always when buying local, you’ll be reducing the distance that food must travel — and the energy it takes to do so — on its way to your plate.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E24. Go organic. \u003C\/b\u003EIt’s better for the environment and for your body.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E25. Cut back. \u003C\/b\u003EThe production of one pound of cheese might produce upwards of 11 lbs. of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and a big driver of climate change. As with meat, you can quickly lessen your environmental impact simply by eating less dairy. Bonus: eliminating common staples from your diet one or two days a week is a chance to experiment with fun new recipes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAt a restaurant:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E26. Order from the tap.\u003C\/b\u003E Cut down on packaging; ask for tap water instead of bottled. Likewise, save the beer bottle and order on tap.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E27. Eat local.\u003C\/b\u003E Just because you’re not at the farmer’s market doesn’t mean the market’s bounty isn’t available to you. More and more restaurants are incorporating locally sourced items into their menus.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E28. Don’t be afraid to ask.\u003C\/b\u003E There’s no shame in asking your server or a manager how your food was grown or processed (though it’s probably best not to take it to this extreme).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEating at home:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E29. Reduce waste.\u003C\/b\u003E Use cloth napkins and real plates, bowls and utensils.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E30. Turn waste into a resource.\u003C\/b\u003E If you’ve got the inclination and a little bit of free time, give composting a try and turn food scraps into a resource that keeps on giving.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E31. Revamp leftovers. \u003C\/b\u003EInstead of dumping leftovers in the trash, turn them into new meals. It’ll reduce waste and also save on the energy it would have taken to cook a different meal the next day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E32. Double your recipes.\u003C\/b\u003E Leftovers will last twice as long, and you’ll use less energy than you would if you cooked multiple meals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E33. Cook one local meal per week. \u003C\/b\u003EChallenge yourself to cook one meal a week (or month) that is composed completely of local ingredients. 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