Red meat and wine never went better together. Now you have another excuse to eat red meat and drink wine. Scientists have found that the alcoholic drink cancels out some harmful substances produced by the meat in the stomach. The chemicals - released during the digestion of fat - are linked to a host of illnesses, including cancer, hardening of the arteries, diabetes and Parkinson's disease. It is thought the stomach acts as a 'bio-reactor' in which red wine's health benefits neutralize some of the dangers of the meat.

 Green tea hearts you. A cup of green tea a day could help keep your heart healthy, a study shows. The drink was found to widen the artery which runs from the shoulder to the elbow by 4 per cent within 30 minutes - reducing the risk of blood clots. This is a good indicator of improved blood flow around the body, says a report in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

 Eat your veggies. Broccoli may combat prostate cancer by altering the genes involved in tumor growth, a study has shown. The results found that a diet rich in broccoli produced changes in gene activity that were likely to stop or slow cancer growth.

SOURCE: Daily Mail

Jessica Simpson made quite the statement with the anti-vegetarian t-shirt she wore on Friday. I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I think it made her look ignorant. What do you think? Do you think it's a stab at Tony Romo's ex girlfriend and the 2007 sexiest vegetarian, Carrie Underwood?

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Unless you've been starving, you should have noticed the cost of food is on the rise. Government figures show that grocery costs have gone up 5.1 percent in 12 months. According to Labor Department figures, eggs alone are up a dramatic 25 percent over last year. Eating healthier seems to becoming more expensive every week. If you're looking for ways to cut down on food costs you may consider buying less meat, eggs and dairy.

With household budgets strained by higher food costs and increased prices at the pump, switching out some of the more-expensive meat protein for cheaper plant protein can help reduce food budgets.

There's also evidence that meat production may be a factor in climate change.

In 2006, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report that the ingredients that go into meat, eggs and dairy production -- including fertilizer, feed, transport and processing -- add up to about 18 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, more than the greenhouse gases produced by the transportation sector.

SOURCE: Reuters

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If you're a mad food scientist, you may want to think about creating In Vitro meat. PETA is offering a $1 million reward to the first person who figures it out.

In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce. The result would mimic flesh and could be cooked and eaten. Some promising steps have been made toward this technology, but we're still several years away from having in vitro meat be available to the general public.

Being a vegan I find this whole concept to be slightly confusing. I love the fact that this could potentially help save the animals and our environment, but on the other hand I don't see myself ever eating the In Vitro meat. To be quite honest it's really the whole fleshy texture and taste that disgusts me. I'll be sticking with tofu!

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The results of this diet study don't really surprise me, in fact they confirm an pre-existing stereotype; Men eat meat and women eat veggies.

The study of eating habits of American adults -- called the most extensive of its kind -- was a telephone survey of 14,000 Americans. It confirmed conventional wisdom that most men eat more meat than women, and women eat more fruits and vegetables.

But there were a few surprising exceptions: Men were much more likely to eat asparagus, brussel sprouts, peas and peanuts. They also were bigger consumers of frozen pizzas, frozen hamburgers and frozen Mexican dinners.

Women are more likely than men to eat eggs, yogurt and fresh hamburgers.

Men also showed a little more of an appetite for runny eggs and undercooked hamburgers -- two foods that health experts say carry a higher chance of contamination that can make you sick.

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