Subscribe to get Updates
Healthy Legacy
  • Home
  • Mind Memory Focus
  • Exercise & Fitness
  • Longevity & Anti Aging
  • Nutrition & Supplements
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Mind Memory Focus
  • Exercise & Fitness
  • Longevity & Anti Aging
  • Nutrition & Supplements
No Result
View All Result
Healthy Legacy
No Result
View All Result

Is Climate Change Draining Nutrients From Crops?

admin by admin
September 23, 2018
in Nutrition & Supplements
0
Is Climate Change Draining Nutrients From Crops?

Latest Nutrition, Food & Recipes News

MONDAY, Aug. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Rising levels of carbon dioxide caused by air pollution are making crops less nutritious, a new study warns.

That could put hundreds of millions of people worldwide at risk for protein, zinc and iron deficiencies and related health problems, the researchers said, with people in poor countries at most risk.

“Our research makes it clear that decisions we are making every day — how we heat our homes, what we eat, how we move around, what we choose to purchase — are making our food less nutritious and imperiling the health of other populations and future generations,” said lead author Samuel Myers, a principal research scientist at Harvard School of Public Health.

Humans tend to get most of their nutrients from plant sources, the researchers said: 63 percent of protein from diet comes from plants, as does 81 percent of iron and 68 percent of zinc.

The analysis concluded that by 2050, higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will make staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc-deficient and 122 million people becoming protein-deficient.

About 1.4 billion women of childbearing age and children younger than 5 who are at risk of iron deficiency could have their dietary iron intake reduced by 4 percent, putting them at increased risk of anemia and other diseases, the researchers added..

The study also said that nutritional deficiencies currently affecting billions of people would likely worsen due to less nutritious crops.

Currently, more than 2 billion people worldwide are estimated to be deficient in one or more nutrients.

The findings were published online Aug. 27 in the journal Nature Climate Change.

“One thing this research illustrates is a core principle of the emerging field of planetary health,” Myers said in a Harvard news release.

“We cannot disrupt most of the biophysical conditions to which we have adapted over millions of years without unanticipated impacts on our own health and well-being,” he said.

— Robert Preidt

MedicalNews
Copyright © 2018 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

SOURCE: Harvard University, news release, Aug. 27, 2018

Healthy Eating:The Best Fat-Fighting Foods

Fat-Fighting Foods Slideshow

Food Frauds: Foods That Can Wreck Your Diet

Food Frauds Slideshow Pictures

Take the Diet & Nutrition Quiz

Advertisement Banner
Previous Post

How gene variant is linked to chronic pain after traumatic injury

Next Post

Tips for dealing with rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups

admin

admin

Next Post
Tips for dealing with rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups

Tips for dealing with rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups

Recommended

Could Vegetables Be the Fountain of Youth?

Could Vegetables Be the Fountain of Youth?

6 months ago
To Cut Down on Boozing, Offer Other Choices: Study

To Cut Down on Boozing, Offer Other Choices: Study

9 months ago

Don't Miss

What Are the Benefits of Eating Cantaloupe? 10 Benefits

What Are the Benefits of Eating Cantaloupe? 10 Benefits

January 22, 2021
How Would You Know If a Person Has Scurvy?

How Would You Know If a Person Has Scurvy?

January 22, 2021
AHA News: Trendy Microgreens Offer Flavor You Can Grow at Home

AHA News: Trendy Microgreens Offer Flavor You Can Grow at Home

January 13, 2021
AHA News: To Battle Food Inequity, a Nonprofit Helps Neighbors Eat Healthy

AHA News: To Battle Food Inequity, a Nonprofit Helps Neighbors Eat Healthy

January 7, 2021
Healthy Legacy

Follow us

Recent News

What Are the Benefits of Eating Cantaloupe? 10 Benefits

What Are the Benefits of Eating Cantaloupe? 10 Benefits

January 22, 2021
How Would You Know If a Person Has Scurvy?

How Would You Know If a Person Has Scurvy?

January 22, 2021

Categories

  • Beauty
  • disease
  • Exercise & Fitness
  • immunity
  • Longevity & Anti Aging
  • Mind Memory Focus
  • Nature
  • Nutrition & Supplements
  • Seniors
  • Spices
  • Uncategorized

Tags

Acid Reflux / GERD ADHD / ADD Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Alzheimer's / Dementia Anxiety / Stress Bipolar Cancer / Oncology Cardiovascular / Cardiology Cholesterol Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine COPD Dentistry Depression Dermatology Diabetes Diabetes Type 2 Eating Disorders Eye Health / Blindness GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Heart Disease Immune System / Vaccines Men's Health Mental Health Multiple Sclerosis Neurology / Neuroscience Nutrition / Diet Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Parkinson's Disease Pharmacy / Pharmacist Psychology / Psychiatry Respiratory Rheumatoid Arthritis Schizophrenia Seniors / Aging Sexual Health / STDs Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Sports Medicine / Fitness Stroke Urinary Tract Infection Urology / Nephrology Vegan / Vegetarian Veterinary Women's Health / Gynecology
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2018 Healthy Legacy

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Mind Memory Focus
  • Exercise & Fitness
  • Longevity & Anti Aging
  • Nutrition & Supplements

© 2018 Healthy Legacy