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Sobriety and vegetablisation
Published in Walter Amedzro St-Hilaire, Agribusiness Economics, 2022
On average, in the G20 countries, animal products provide two-thirds (60 g/day) of individual protein consumption of 90 g/day. However, the World Health Organisation sets a recommended protein intake of 50–70 g/day for a healthy adult population and recommends a vegetable protein intake of half the total protein intake (i.e. 25–30 g/day of animal protein). The animal protein intake of North Americans could be reduced to half without falling below the nutritionally recommended level. It can certainly be argued that a moderate excess of animal protein intake does not constitute a major health risk. However, some of the nutritional imbalances in our diet are indirectly the result of excessive consumption of animal products and, as a corollary, insufficient consumption of certain plant products. As we have seen, fibre intakes are currently too low in all developed countries. Conversely, intakes of fats, especially saturated fats, exceed recommended levels. Increasing the consumption of certain plant products while reducing the consumption of animal products would help to reduce these two imbalances simultaneously.
Design and Health Considerations
Published in Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem, Building for Well-Being, 2021
Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem
It goes without saying that having a well-balanced, nutritious diet can improve health. A healthy diet is one that helps people attain and maintain a healthy weight, promotes health, and prevents diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. While it is common knowledge that federal dietary guidelines emphasize consumption of nutrient-dense foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat milk, lean meats and more, diets in the United States are far from optimal.54 Sugar, fat, and salt – the three pillars of processed food – dominate the American diet and can be found in 60,000 products in supermarkets. Reviewing added sugar intake as an example, on average, Americans consume 22 teaspoons – or 60 grams – per day.55 To put that in context, a 20 oz soda has 15 teaspoons of sugar; and perhaps unsurprisingly, the American Heart Association suggests a limit of five teaspoons of added sugar for women and nine for men. Any excess beyond those recommendations gets stored as fat.
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Published in J. Russell Boulding, Epa Environmental Engineering Sourcebook, 2019
Hugh H. Russell, John E. Matthews, Guy W. Sewell
Density (1.46 g/mL)—Density can be defined as the concentration of matter, and is measured by the mass per unit volume. In relation to liquids, these units are grams per milliliter. The density of a substance is usually referenced to pure water, which is taken to be 1 gram per milliliter. TCE is heavier than water; therefore, a spill of sufficient magnitude is likely to move downward through the subsurface until lower permeability features impedes its progress. This often results in formation of a plume or pool(s) of dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) in the aquifer, plus a trail of residual saturation within the downward path. Implicit in this statement is the fact that residual saturation also will serve as source areas for contamination and migration of TCE within an aquifer system. There is an inherent difficulty associated with location of DNAPL in the subsurface and subsequent removal of DNAPL pools or plumes using a standard pump-and-treat regime. A major reason for this difficulty of removal is that water coning using conventional extraction wells results in poor DNAPL water ratios.
High-protein diets in trained individuals
Published in Research in Sports Medicine, 2019
Coaches certainly do not prescribe exercise training with a minimalist approach (i.e., do the least you can do to get the greatest effect). Coaches try to get the absolute most out of each athlete even if the improvements are minor. Thus, why is nutrition rife with such minimalism regarding protein intake? Thus, for competitive athletics, it makes pragmatic sense to not purposely limit protein intake. A protein intake of at least 2.2 grams per kg body weight daily is recommended. There is not a drawback to such intakes and there certainly is no evidence to show any harm as it relates to body composition, exercise performance or health in exercise-trained individuals.