Alcohol and Health: Cheers!?
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How is alcohol handled in the body?
Alcohol is among the only drugs consumed regularly in the diet other than caffeine. It is water-soluble and distributed into all tissues and ...
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Amazonia’s Uncertain Future
Mark J. Plotkin
in The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®
I have already outlined a number of threats to Amazonia like cattle ranching, mining, and climate change, but what follows are some of the most urgent—and ominous—risks and challenges ...
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Amazonian Biota
Mark J. Plotkin
in The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Plants
What is ayahuasca?
From Argentina to Australia, from Israel to Istanbul, a once-obscure Amazonian liana, admixed with a few other plants, is now celebrated—and ...
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The Antarctic Treaty of 1959
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Why were the Russians and other claimants suddenly prepared in the late 1950s to reach agreement on the governance of Antarctica?
The onset of the Cold War and the arrival of ...
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Arctic Homelands
Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall
in The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know®
The Arctic, if defined by land and sea (and ice) lying north of the Arctic Circle, is home to 4 million people. The majority of residents are found in the Russian North, and overwhelmingly ...
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A Brief History of Nutrition: Scientific Discoveries and Applications
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How do we know what we know about food and health?
We eat every day, and we know how food makes us feel. Perhaps because of this, many overlook that nutrition is a discipline ...
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Commercial Activity in Postwar Antarctica
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Why did postwar whaling peter out so quickly?
The lack of Antarctic whaling activity during World War II allowed whale stocks to begin recovering. But it didn’t take long for ...
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Conclusion
Mark J. Plotkin
in The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How can Amazonia be saved?
Protected areas form the backbone of rainforest conservation. Amazonia is home to several colossal national parks: both Chiribiquete in Colombia and ...
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Contemporary Food Production, Buzzwords, and Pop Nutrition: Fact or Fiction?
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What are “processed” foods, and how do they fit into a healthy diet?
Food processing transforms raw agricultural crops into food products. For many, “processed foods” carries a ...
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Creating a Colorful Plate: Vegetables and Fruits
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How do vegetables differ nutritionally?
Botanically, vegetables are the edible parts of plants and, thus, technically include fruits (the seed-containing, mature ovary). ...
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Diets and Food Environments Today: Why We Eat the Way We Do
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What are the influencers and major drivers of eating behavior and food choices in today’s world?
For millions of years during the course of evolution, the human diet was driven ...
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First Contact
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How did Antarctica become the desolate, ice-cloaked continent we know today?
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Antarctica was part of a much bigger continent. Dubbed “Gondwana” or ...
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The Foundation of Nutrition: Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What are the different kinds of carbohydrates we eat?
Carbohydrates are so named because of their chemical composition, which includes carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Globally, the ...
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Framing Today’s Food and Nutrition Issues
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What’s this book about?
The Oxford Living Dictionary defines “food” as “a nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life ...
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From Colonization to Cooperation
Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall
in The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know®
The Arctic has undergone profound human and natural change over millennia. When we record that the Arctic is home to some 4 million people, it is a mere fraction of a world population ...
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The Future of Antarctica
David Day
in Antarctica: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What agreements are in place for the protection of Antarctic marine life?
There are three agreements that are designed to protect marine life in the seas around Antarctica. The ...
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The Future of Food and Nutrition
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
How will we sustainably feed 10 billion people in 2050—and beyond?
Current estimates suggest that about 50% more food, feed, and biofuel is required to nourish about one-third more ...
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Geology, Soils, and Vegetation
Mark J. Plotkin
in The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know®
What is the geological history of Amazonia?
The supercontinent Gondwana began breaking up approximately 180 million years ago. South America and Africa started to drift apart about ...
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The Global Arctic
Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall
in The Arctic: What Everyone Needs to Know®
The term “global Arctic” has gained traction in recent years as a shorthand term for a region in transition. We have spoken at length about climate change and resource speculation and their ...
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Global Food and Nutrition Challenges: People and Planet
P.K. Newby
in Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Who is affected by hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition?
Global hunger has been decreasing steadily in recent years, from about 900 million in 2000 to 777 million in 2015, or ...
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