Sentences with phrase «important than plants»

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«That is important, since it has been reported that non-organic meat may contain higher levels of pesticide residues than any plant food.

«The opportunity for plant - based proteins appears more as a complement to animal - based proteins than as a wholesale replacement, as our research shows that many consumers are interested in plant - based proteins but still view meat as an important part of a balanced diet,» Mr. Roberts said.

It is important to cloud the plants with the spray rather than to spray directly on the plants.

And while there are definitely nights of frozen pizzas or takeout, it's important that my kids get exposed to wholesome plant - based recipes more often than not.

Our core belief that people, plants, and planet are more important than profit guides everything we do.

More important than his legacy of helping to spare us the Jamesport nuclear plant, and likely the others which were sure to dot the eastern Long Island landscape, was his inspiration for all of us, especially young people who seek role models for public service: that when you hold on to what you know is right and work hard, even struggle, to make the world a better place, you're more than just an idealist, you're someone who can make a real and lasting difference.

«No plant genus is more important as a carbon balance on Earth than peat mosses.

This means that pollination by insects could be even more important than in other plants.

This is very important, as plants captured by the advancing ice cap 6,000 years ago are now emerging along its retreating margins, which shows that Quelccaya is now smaller than it has been in six thousand years.

However, it has also been suggested that species characteristics are less important as determinants of plant establishment success than other factors such as seed availability or environmental characteristics, like dense vegetation.

Therefore, climate change may have a more negative effect on the biological diversity of animals than previously assumed,» says Schleuning, and he adds, «A consideration of biotic interactions between animals and plants is therefore important for predicting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.»

As the first mammal able to eat plants, Luo says Agilodocodon scansorius broke «a very important barrier», because plants were more abundant than the insects eaten by other early mammals.

First discovered in plants about 60 years ago, they are now known to make up more than 40 percent of the entire human genome and may play an important role in genome evolution (pdf).

That amount is important because according to previous studies it was established that if biomass is equal or greater than 30 grams per square meter germination induction and plant growth are achieved.

Our core belief that people, plants, and planet are more important than profit guides everything we do.

Bell, a wellness advocate who eats a plant - based diet, has been married to her spouse Dax Shepard for over four years — and she believes there are few things more important than taking careful care of your relationship or marriage.

My (lay person) suspicion is that the weight bearing exercise is more important than a specific calcium intake level — as long as one is following a really good whole plant food based diet.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

Other important factors include a whole foods diet rich in plant fiber and low in sugar and sodium, maintaining a healthy weight (a BMI less than 25 is ideal), not smoking, and managing stress, such as through yoga, meditation, walking, and laughter.

Minger's analysis tore apart many of the most important statistical claims of the China Study using data from the original monograph of Campbell's massive epidemiological study bearing that name, and brought to light a critical piece of information refuting once and for all Campbell's claims that plant proteins act differently than animal proteins.

I think he's stated before that if one has the extra funds, to go organic, but that it's more important to just focus on wholefoods, plant - based diet more than anything.

There are important composition differences with plant proteins, notably much higher leucine and methionine than legume proteins, and much higher leucine and lysine than grain proteins.

In fact, how phytochemicals are processed to produce supplements are just as important — if not more so — than the species of the plant, according to Standard Process.

They occur in more than 2,000 plant species, some of them important foods like cassava.

Two proud and boastful plants discover that there are more important things than just being beautiful on the outside.

Less than three years after its opening, Mercedes - Benz» youngest plant in Kecskemét, Hungary has passed another important milestone: With the...

The weather that actually materializes each summer may be a much more important factor determining my «annual average» harvests than a highly optimized and diversified plant selection.

Protein is incredibly important for dogs and animal - based protein sources are much more biologically valuable than plant - based sources.

This product contains up to 48 % protein, but it is important to note that plant - based proteins are less biologically valuable for your dog than animal - based proteins.

The source of the protein is very important in any food you choose for your cat since cats can usually digest meat sources of protein better than plant sources.

It is important to note, however, that plant - based protein sources are less biologically valuable to your dog than animal - based proteins.

I think it's entirely possible that within a much shorter time frame than most people imagine possible, the overwhelming majority of the electricity consumed in the USA will be generated at the point of use, and large, centralized power plants will be a much less important part of the mix than they are today»

Why is CO2 more important than, say, deforestation or forest fires (as a «plant removal», not CO2 producer) as far as climate changes are concerned?

A few days before President Obama's release of the final «Clean Power Plan» restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Bill Gates posted a Gates Notes essay that helps reinforce an important reality: It will take more than regulation to limit humanity's growing influence on the climate system.

Particularly given how Supreme Court machinations now potentially imperil the president's Clean Power Plan cutting power plant carbon dioxide emissions, it's more important than ever for the administration to «push on what the President put his his Climate Action Plan in 2013.»

I personally think that fighting for red white and blue exports is a lot less important than changing the way we treat the atmosphere and the creatures and plants that breathe it.

In an important Nicaraguan coffee - growing region, landowners who received project support, resources, and technical assistance from ABC partner El Jaguar planted more than 12,000 native trees in a region important to Golden - winged Warbler, Wood Thrush, and other migrants.

The world's important crop plants developed when CO2 levels were much greater than today's.

Luderer tells Carbon Brief: «The most important finding [of our research] was that the expansion of wind and solar power... comes with life - cycle emissions that are much smaller than the remaining emissions from existing fossil power plants, before they can finally be decommissioned.»

This is something important to understand because at 400ppm CO2 we are closer to 150ppm CO2 where plants begin to starve to death than 8000ppm CO2 when plants grow to gargantuan size.

Carbon use is important because, with current commercial technologies, power plants and industrial facilities equipped with carbon capture are more expensive to operate than their counterparts that vent CO2 into the atmosphere.

In other words carbon taxes and renewables are more important than direct action on planting trees and soil sequestration.

Ironically, other researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that a switch from a meat to a plant - based diet is likely to become more important than ever in combating climate change and reducing emissions from agriculture.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72

Electric utilities would have three to four years to come into compliance under the new standards, and according to the EPA, «[M] ore than half of all coal - fired power plants already deploy the widely available pollution - control technologies that allow them to meet these important standards.»

It's also important to note that solar thermal plants have higher capacity factors (annual output per peak watt) than PV because they utilize their inherent thermal mass and in this case, storage.

In The New York Times Magazine's 2008 Earth Day issue, Michael Pollan argued that climate change was at bottom a crisis of lifestyle and personal character — «the sum of countless little everyday choices» — and suggested that individual actions, such as planting backyard gardens, might ultimately be more important than government action to repair the environment.

Although phosphates are an important plant nutrient, higher than normal phosphate levels can destroy the health of the lake, stream or other fresh water body, as they allow algae in the water to grow faster than would naturally occur, turning clear lakes and rivers green and cloudy.

Here's an important energy milestone: For the first time since 1979, America's cars, trucks, and airplanes emit more carbon dioxide than its power plants do.

And in some ways these strategies are even more important than a regional market for accomplishing certain climate and clean air objectives, like reducing the need to rely on specific in - state natural gas plants that provide local capacity.