How Much Water To Create One Beef Patty??

At first it may be hard to visualise where all the water is going to create/generate one beef patty. The numbers are actually astounding. If these numbers and facts that im about to discuss don't make you second guess your food choices for the sake of OUR planet, then hopefully you'll second guess it for your own health.

 Beef = 15415 L/kg
Banana= 790L/kg
Sheep meat= 10412 L/kg
Rice = ~2497 L/kg
Egg= 196L for one 60g egg
cucumber & pumpkin = 353L/kg
Cheese= 3178 L /kg
Butter= 5553 L/kg
Cabbage = 237 L/kg
Wine = 109 L/ 125ml glass

You can see the ranges of water consumption for various products that are used by most people in their every day life.

Ill explain where all the water goes to get a beef patty because the numbers are obviously dangerously different when compared to a fruit or vegetable.

Since your beef was once a living being it needed 3 essentials: water, food and sunlight. They may not of necessarily got proper sunlight but I'm sure they got hormones in replace of sunlight (feeling sassy).
 Majority of the crops are grown abroad in South America where a lot the rainforests have been cleared to grow the soy crops to feed our cows, chickens, and pigs and any other farmed animal.
The cow will consume around 1300kg of grain (oats, barley, corn, peas, soy, wheat) around 7200kg of that they feed off of roughage such as dry hay, pasture, silage and others like grass)

Water is needed to grow the crop. Its so hard to actually visualize and understand the huge impact this has on our planet because if we take the number of cattle in North America and each cow needs 1300kg of grains that is going to be A LOT of rainforest destruction and A LOT of water to grow.  The scariest part of all this is that we are literally self destructing OUR planet. Because by consuming meat and dairy not only does it wreck our eco-system, it wrecks our own health. We are destroying and evolving poorly of the human race. We are creating an environment for disease and illness.

And we haven't even talked about the amount of methane that is produced. Because I'm sure we all know that when you eat large amounts of food, it all has to come out and go somewhere. By somewhere I mean our air and our ozone layer.

Knowing what you know, please make a smart and helpful decision for YOU.

Water footprint gallery:
 http://waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/product-gallery/





Recources:

http://www.cat.org.uk/education/pdf/how_much_water_does_it_take_to_make_a_burger.pdf

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2324538/VISUAL-EDIT-Your-water-footprint-.html

How dairy causes osteoporosis and an acidic environment

In my previous post I explained the importance of blood alkalinity. The alkalinity of your body determines the ability of illness/disease/cancer or lack of illness/disease/cancer. I want to explain how cow milk/dairy has a negative effect on human health.
With any food we eat it can either benefit our bodies ability to absorb and utilize nutrients or it can hinder our ability to absorb and utilize nutrients which can lead to DNA mutations (cancer) or illness/disease.
The proteins found in cow's milk is casein (80%) and whey(20%). Casein is found as a solid in cheese, where the whey has been filtered or strained out. Milk, consists mostly of Whey protein.
The property of cows milk is far from alkaline. We have been conditioned by society and the dairy industry to believe that dairy will build us strong bones and teeth. Im sorry, we have all been lied to.
Don't fret, because there is always time to change, and there is ample research to prove how unhealth dairy is for humans.

Alkaline minerals: Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Silica. 

Acidic minerals: Chlorine, Phosphorus, Iodine, Sulphur

Cow's milk does contain the alkaline minerals, however the amount of acidic minerals, lactose, casein and whey found in cows milk/dairy outweighs the good minerals. Most people think that because milk and dairy have lots of calcium that they are going to absorb it all and develop or maintain their strong bones. In reality our bodies have to buffer our blood to bring it back to a pH of 7.3-7.4 and your body is not going to absorb any of the calcium or beneficial minerals. 

(resource: https://naturalnoshes.wordpress.com/tag/alkalize/)            

So what happens and how does it lead to Osteoporosis??

Your body must buffer the acidic environment by pulling alkaline minerals from your bones. Your body will take the minerals where there is the most supply, which are in your bones. After many years of consuming dairy your body hasn't had a chance to actually store enough calcium, magnesium, and phosphorus in your bones because it was too busy giving them away to your body/blood with the instinct of protecting your body from an acidic environment. Because when your body undergoes acidity for long periods you're more prone to illness and disease. If your body is kept in an alkaline state it is highly unlikely that your bones will become brittle, or have a chance of developing a type of cancer. 

Often times people will go and get their blood tested to check up on their vitamin and mineral contents. Typically your blood calcium levels will be normal because once you've digested the milk/dairy those minerals do float around in your blood stream while still pulling them from your bones. What happens is you end up urinating the excess calcium out. 

Fact: The states who consume the most dairy have the highest rates of Osteoporosis. (The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell).

Tips: 

1) Ditch the dairy milk. This day in age there are so many dairy free milks. Try Almond, Rice, Coconut, Hemp, Soy milk. 

2)Drink plenty of alkaline water if you have access. I recommend investing in a filtered water bottle because it does make a difference in your life. 

3) Eat your greens. Make it a daily goal to eat greens, whether it be in the form of a salad, or added to a smoothie, or stir fry

4) Eat plenty of fruits. Fruits do not make you fat. they are the perfect food for alkalinity as long as they are ripe. start your day off with a bowl of chopped ripe fruit, or in a smoothie. 

References:

Fr´ed´eric Gaucheron. The minerals of milk. Reproduction Nutrition Development, EDP Sciences,              2005, 45 (4), pp.473-483. <10.1051/rnd:2005030>. 

Dawn Saunders. Secrets To Alkalizing Your Body For Radiant Health. In Health and Fitness, April 4, 2007. Resource http://www.pureinsideout.com/secrets-to-alkalizing-your-body.html