Thursday, 14 June 2012

Weekly Reading #7

Topic 1: Death by Bacon?

This article is about the danger of various red meats and the harms of having a diet heavy in red meats.

I though this article was really interesting, and very applicable to my own life,  as I really enjoy bacon and red meat. I also found it interesting how much risks decrease when you substitute with chicken. For some reason, I always though chicken was fairly unhealthy. I am definitely going to keep an eye on the meats I'm buying from now on, and try to buy nitrite-less bacon, etc.


Topic 2: Krillers

This article is about the fishing industry revolving around the fishing of the Antarctic Krill, who is being fished for its omega-3 rich oil.

Its crazy to think companies are willing to spend huge amounts of money crashing through Antarctic ice, not to mention harming the natural environment, in order to get the oil from fish smaller than shrimp. Though it is interesting to know that there is one place on earth that hasn't been completely over-fished yet.


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