If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floor if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
— Anthony Bourdain (via xvxavier)
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Movie poster (a real one this time) I drew for a documentary coming out and going on tour this summer. Check it out at http://maximumtolerateddose.org/ it’s going to be amazing and you should totally support this, even if support just means passing the link along. Thank you!
Also check out the tour website! http://openthecagestour.com/
I’m so ready to cry during this documentary.
So very ready for this everyone better watch
PEOPLE, LOOK AT THIS! LOOK! AND THINK WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE! WE ARE RESPONSIBLE! Let’s make change.
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Is Healthy Food REALLY More Expensive?
According to a new USDA study, healthy food may not be as expensive as it’s often made out to be.
For cost comparison purposes, foods have traditionally been judged on a cost per calorie basis. But using a cost per calorie comparison automatically penalizes healthier, nutrient-dense options, while favoring calorie-dense and often nutrient-poor options. In other words, the way previous studies have measured cost-effectiveness skewed their results to favor unhealthy options.
Although it’s cheaper to buy 100 calories of potato chips than 100 calories of broccoli, would your dollar actually be better spent on the broccoli? A team of researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture set out to tackle this question.
The research team analyzed 4,439 foods using three different cost comparison methods: cost per calorie, cost per edible gram, and price per average portion.
Although fruit and vegetables appeared more expensive when the cost per calorie method was used, a very different picture emerged when they used a cost per edible weight or cost per typical amount eaten basis.
When ranked by portion size, beef, chicken and fish were the most expensive foods, while grains were the least expensive. Fruit and vegetables were also less expensive than animal protein and “unhealthy foods” such as donuts, potato chips, and other processed items.
For example, the study found that a serving of potato chips is nearly twice as expensive as a serving of carrots. Carrots, onions, beans and potatoes emerged as particularly economical options.
Cost has long been cited as an excuse for not being able to eat well. But this study suggests that those on a limited food budget do not have to compromise good nutrition for cost. A USDA representative was quoted: “Many have raised concerns that those of modest means … can’t afford a healthy diet. The good news I take away from the study is that is not necessarily the case.”
This is pretty rad.
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Pigs have the comprehension and intelligence of a 4 year old human… they are placed as the 4th most intelligent creatures on Earth (way more intelligent that a cat or a dog).
Owing to this intelligence. pigs are fully aware of their plight… this pig comprehends the horrors it is being forced to endure… the living hell it is being forced to witness…
but like a small child, it can’t understand why…
But, if you could explain it to them, how would you possibly be able to justify it?
What nightmares must be going on in that mind… What sadness lies in those eyes?
It beggars belief.
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How many vegans are on Tumblr? Reblog if you’re a Vegan!
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