Atypical vegan diet has the lowest average carbon footprint (3.0 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents per 2,000 calories), followed by vegetarian (5.1), pescatarian (7.3), omnivore (9.8), paleo (11.6), and keto (12.8) diets, scientistsestimated. A Mediterranean (4.3) or DASH (8.1) diet beat other omnivore diets.
Researchersrecruited 100 coffee drinkers without heart rhythm irregularities. (Most typically drank about ½ cup to 3 cups of coffee a day.) For 2 weeks, each participant got a text saying that they should either consume coffee or avoid all caffeine the next day, in random order.
We all need vitamins and minerals. But it’s hard to remember which are good for what, which we’re more likely—or extremely unlikely—to run short of, and how much is too much. That’s good to know, when a multi-billion dollar industry keeps trying to sell us more (and ever-pricier) supplements.
