Sentences with phrase «appetite for human»

Their findings are based on a study published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, which claims a «perfect storm» is brewing in which polar bears will increase their appetite for human flesh.

Just when peace had finally set in, UFOs start appearing all over the world, dropping gigantic versions of household pests, each with an appetite for human flesh.

Zach sees this as his second chance to make things right with Beth, but how can he overlook the fact that his girlfriend's body is decomposing, and her appetite for human flesh are growing stronger each day?

But a pack of hungry raccoons arrive to put a stop to the debauchery with their ravenous appetite for human flesh!

Sanchez (10): No need to say anything, a legend in the making, Saurez quality without the appetite for human flesh.

Investors have little appetite for human portfolio managers these days.

Not exact matches

There Friedberg observed that most farmers plant corn and soybeans because they make can make the most money through those crops, in large part because of their role as animal feed that supports humans» massive appetite for meat.

Other than Post, only a handful of scientists are working on lab - grown meat; others believe the future lies in plant - based substitutes, ones so good they could fool even the most discerning palate, although Post maintains that we humans will always have an appetite for the real thing.

Indeed my basic position is that for the understanding of human behavior in society the whole controversy as to whether material conditions (appetites, interests, «drives,» or in Marxist terms, the «means of production» and the consequent «class struggle») cause men to act is at bottom pointless and unprofitable.

Both I and St Thomas consider that the soul continues to exercise thought and understanding (and indeed will, which is intellectual appetite) after death, and, as St Thomas explains, this can not be in synergism with the imagination in the way it is during human life, but is made possible in ways God provides, and in this way the life of purgatory allows the purification that most people need, while the Saints pray for the living and the dead of whom God gives them knowledge through their vision of Him.

Long ago Plato suggested that we consider it as divided into three parts — the appetitive, spirited, and rational — that correspond to the three basic kinds of human desires: the desire to satisfy physical appetites, the desire for recognition, and the desire for truth.

So he is caught between a rock and a hard place: he can not succeed without fostering in humans that boundless appetite for enchantment that has always made them susceptible to the unscrambled signals of transcendence.

And a genuine appetite for spiritual love also disposes the human person to receive the fullness of the truth, including the truth about the nature of the human person and the normative content of the moral life.

Thank God for them all, of course, and for that strange interval, which was most of my life, when I read out of loneliness, and when bad company was much better than no company You can love a bad book for its haplessness or pomposity or gall, if you have that starveling appetite for things human, which I devoutly hope you never will have.

Daniel Sturridge seems to finally have found his niche, Suarez is soon to be back on the football field with his appetite for both goals and human flesh (sorry, couldn't resist), Coutinho is looking disturbingly talented and Brendan Rodgers has shored up his defence with several established figures, not least the mighty Kolo Toure.

The human appetite for seeds has resulted in new forms of dispersal as well.

Other films challenged audiences to confront the role of humans in wildlife extinction, invited viewers to think twice about our seemingly insatiable appetites for food and fuel, and encouraged the adoption of more sustainable ways of life.

Professor Gary Frost added: «The major challenge is to develop an approach that will deliver the amount of acetate needed to supress appetite but in a form that is acceptable and safe for humans.

As for human subjects, there is, notes one specialist in the field, no data to suggest innate appetites for specific foods.

In the modern Western world, we are always within 90 seconds» reach of food, and human beings — or any animal species for that matter — have a poor ability to self - regulate appetite.

The human body can digest it easily, it's rich in what's known as amino acids (building blocks of life), it can help suppress appetite, and it can be useful for lean muscle mass growth.

And indeed, I'd love for you to understand that in our most natural state — no human would ever worry about this thing called appetite.

In general, what I will say is this — and it's true for the vast majority of human beings — the more nutrient deficient our food, the more powerful and intense will be our appetite.

The human appetite for salt is strong because we need salt to be healthy.

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

The confusion has given me an appetite for understanding more about human relationships in general, and I have decided to retrain as a psychotherapist here in the UK.

It's the kind of storytelling — ebullient, moving, brutal and informed with human mystery — whose every chapter only whets the appetite for more.

Apatow produced Rogen and Goldberg's first forays into screenwriting, but they've gone separate ways, with Apatow clearly preferring to tell conventionally romantic human interest stories and Rogen - Goldberg displaying more of an appetite for genre - infused comedy.

With unrestricted access to Anthony Weiner's New York City mayoral campaign, this film reveals the human story behind the scenes of a high - profile political scandal as it unfolds, and it offers an unfiltered look at how much today's politics are driven by an appetite for spectacle.

An aspiring cartoonist with a burgeoning appetite for love and sex, she froths at the mouth for her first taste of sexual awakening, her art a full expression of her obsession with the human body and its nether regions.

Aristotle's famous solution to this problem was to optimize human fulfillment by balancing the satisfactions of all the human appetites — from food and sex to the disinterested contemplation of truth — keeping society's need for civility and security in mind as well.

Despite the degradation of his and his people's suffering, his story reminds us - especially those of us in the West whose intellectual and physical appetites have been deadened by plenty - that being human is a constant striving for the possible and the wonderful.

It's just salt that both humans and animals have an appetite for.

Overall, Cardiff was acting energetically normal and showed no overt clinical signs of illness, but for a mild decreased appetite for certain varieties of his normal foods (Lucky Dog Cuisine and The Honest Kitchen, which contain only human - grade, whole - food ingredients).

If they're getting plenty of exercise, this won't be a problem, but for older dogs, a big appetite can lead to weight gain and many of the health problems that plague overweight humans.

The reason for choosing such diets vary widely and may include fears due to pet food recalls in recent years, picky appetites of dogs and cats refusing to eat conventional commercially available diets, ethical beliefs, hot topics in human nutrition and medical necessity.

Dogs and cats face similar diabetes risk as it is more common in overweight people (and pets), so veterinarians are suggesting that humans watch the amounts and types of food they give their furry friends during the holidays, and to watch out for signs of diabetes like frequent urination, changes in appetite and unusual thirstiness.

Listing every illness that can ruin a dog's appetite would make for an awfully long article and like humans anything from a tooth infection to cancer can leave your dog without their appetite.

Some dogs may display symptoms that look very like human depression, including the inability to sleep, low energy, lack of appetite and a limited desire for human or dog interaction.

Just like humans, dogs can suffer a loss of appetite when they are ill or due to other reasons, for example, stress.

Like humans, a cat who is eating for two is going to experience an increased appetite and this too is a sign you can often spot.

Based on the 1973 film by Michael Crichton of the same name, HBO's Westworld has taken the original's hackneyed premise of a couple tourists escaping from the Delos Corporation's various time - focused theme parks (Medieval World, West World, and Roman World), and shifted it into a refined look at what it means to be human, the nature of memory, and the true extent of humankind's appetite for depravity.

has taken the original's hackneyed premise of a couple tourists escaping from the Delos Corporation's various time - focused theme parks (Medieval World, West World, and Roman World), and shifted it into a refined look at what it means to be human, the nature of memory, and the true extent of humankind's appetite for depravity.

All are subjected to a voracious appetite for the pleasures of active misinterpretation, for the texture of paper, for sex and for the way the contours of an exposed vagina may mirror those of a stack of paper folded into a magazine, for the art of others and for the warmth of human skin.

In tracking population growth, spikes in resource appetites, and explosive change in technologies that are sheathing the planet in human activity, it's not hard to find support for the contention by Stuart Hart of Cornell that our moment is unique, that we're not suffering from «chronocentrism,» the tendency of each generation to see its time as special (in a good or bad way).

He described the concept of chronocentrism — a tendency for every generation to feel that its time is uniquely momentous; but he asserted that this moment in human history — the next 40 years or so, as our centuries - long pulse of vaulting numbers and appetites crests — is truly special.

He clearly gets the importance of scientific and technological inquiry to the future of the American economy — and prospects for a relatively smooth ride as human appetites and environmental impacts crest in the next few generations.

Drawing on a host of data sets, the authors conclude that a combination of slowing population growth, moderated demand for land - intensive food (meat, for instance) and more efficient farming methods have resulted in a substantial «decoupling» of acreage and human appetites.

The World's Huge Appetite for Energy Energy consumption is at the core of human existence.

A couple of pieces in The Times relate to ongoing coverage here of the causes and consequences of variations in solar activity and the issues raised by the burgeoning human appetite for sushi - bound fish, particularly bluefin tuna.