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5 Healthy Things You Can Do For Yourself And The Earth

Earth Day Starting Day is designed to raise awareness for environmental protection and the preservation of the earth.

Here are some relatively simple steps you can take to begin the process of preparation for mediation

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Thursday, 22 April 2021, 09:02 Updated: 12:08

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We can do much better.

Demonstrators welcome environmental activist Gerta Thonberg (Photo: Reuters)

It's a bit ironic to celebrate Earth Day, when our ball is perhaps in its worst state and who knows how much longer it will have the strength to hold us and our filth.

Still, this is a great opportunity to mention how vulnerable it is, and especially how much we, humans, have a significant role to play in its destruction and of course in its conservation.

Here are 5 relatively simple things that can do him good and you too:

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Stop eating meat

Independence Day is behind us and this is a great opportunity to talk about the health damage that consuming red and processed meat does to your body.

As early as 2017, a large-scale study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal found that eating red meat increased the risk of dying from one of nine significant diseases, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and more.

The World Health Organization has even warned that eating processed meat can cause cancer, not to mention the price animals pay and the environmental price.

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Yes yes, there is not a single scientist today who will not tell you that if you want to save the planet, the easiest and safest way to do so is to simply stop eating animals.

The industrialized farms in which farm animals grow are the main pollutants and according to an OECD report conducted in 2019, they constitute about 18 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions by humans.

In addition, the growth in these farms causes the growth of grain and the creation of forests, which are important green lungs.

Reduce.

Meat on a pan (Photo: ShutterStock)

Switch to bicycles

Although not many of us can afford to go to work by bike, whether due to the distance or due to the fact that there are not enough bike paths in the country, but for those who can - it is highly recommended.

It turns out that besides the calories burned along the way, we do another good thing for our body when we ride a bike.

A five-year study of about 250,000 British respondents found that cycling lowers the risk of cancer and heart disease.

Going on a bike ride from a private car or bus will help not only you but also everyone around you and of course the planet.

It is estimated that transport is responsible for about one-seventh of greenhouse gas emissions and most of the pollution in the cities themselves.

This air pollution in turn leads to a climate crisis and it causes the deaths of about 2,000 people a year in Israel alone.

Stop taking antibiotics for any nonsense

Taking antibiotics to fight mild bacterial infections, sore throats, bronchitis (bronchitis) or earaches is often unnecessary. This is because in healthy people with an active immune system it is often able to cope on its own with mild infections. So whenever you take antibiotics on your own (not recommended but relatively common) know that not only will it not help you feel better faster, it can also cause side effects, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea or skin rashes, and even worse. .

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become a worldwide concern in recent years. The fear, justified, of superbugs that develop resistance to every possible antibiotic and endanger the lives of all of us is no longer a science fiction or horror movie script. This is an unfortunate side effect of all of us using antibiotics.

According to the latest data, at least 700,000 people die each year from antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide, and that number is expected to rise to ten million a year by 2050. The reasons for this are many and are related to, among other things, excessive use of antibiotics worldwide.

Real risk.

Antibiotics (Photo: ShutterStock)

More natural and less processed foods

Processed foods may be one of the risk factors for life-threatening diseases like cancer and heart disease, but they also increase the risk for diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. Reducing processed foods that are full of preservatives, salt and sugar and switching to unprocessed foods like fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes and even fish can work wonders in your body and help you lose weight.

According to a British study, extreme obesity not only destroys human health, but has become one of the major factors in climate change and environmental destruction. "Heavy" countries are much larger energy consumers when it comes to transporting and growing food. According to the researchers, extreme obesity is dangerous for the world we live in because the need to feed the world on the overconsumption it is accustomed to threatens the earth's resources, accelerates their depletion and challenges the agricultural and transportation industries and pushes them to the limit, while more normal consumption reduces stress. On them.

Stop with the plastic

The effects of plastic particles on the body are not known for sure, but recently more and more studies are investigating the subject, and the findings, how to say - are worrying.

Last October, for example, a study was published in which it was found that babies who feed on plastic bottles swallow millions of micro-plastic particles every day.

In 2019, researchers reported that they found air pollution particles on the embryonic side of placentas, indicating that infants are exposed even before birth to the polluted air created by vehicle traffic and burning fossil fuels.

No need to remind you of the sights of beaches and streams laden with plastic bottles and disposable plates after the last Independence Day.

Or maybe you should.

In any case, the plastic damage, most of which is not recycled, is enormous and they mainly cause damage to the oceans and animal populations living in them.

The Adam, Teva and Din website states that by 2025 the ocean will contain plastic tuna for every ton of fish and by 2050 the amount of plastic will exceed the amount of fish.

"This is because about 10 million tons of plastic find their way into the ocean every year - the equivalent of a million and a half garbage trucks," the website said.

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