October 2017 Green Queen Scoop: What You Need To Read This Month


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Green Queen Scoop October 2017
What You Need To Read This Month

Poor Diet Is A Factor In One In Five Deaths, Global Disease Study Reveals

Poor diet is a factor in one in five deaths around the world, according to the most comprehensive study ever carried out on the subject. Millions of people are eating the wrong sorts of…
A Chain That Wants To Be The McDonald`s Of Vegan Fast Food Is Preparing For A $13 Million International Takeover

New WHO Study Finds Sharp Increase In Child Obesity

A new study provides evidence of a sharp increase in the number of obese and overweight children and young adults worldwide in just 40 years. The study was a project of researchers at…

Biomarkers Prove Role Of Food For Diabetics

 Diet is frequently associated with both the development and prevention of type 2…
`Achieving a healthy lifestyle` is Chinese consumers` top...

Allergic To Peanuts? Scientists Have Amazing News For You

Earlier this month, I got not one, but three notes home from administrators at my kids’ school. The district officially has implemented a fruit-and-veggie-only snack policy in an effort to…

Floating Away Your Anxiety And Stress

When I mentioned to a friend that my baseline neurosis has evolved from daily stress into anxiety, her response was – “Go for a float!” A float? Yes – spend an hour in a dark, soundproof…

Why The West’s Low-Fat Diet Advice Could Be Deadly For Asia’s Poor

Telling people already on a high-carb, low-fat diet to eat less fat will only get them eating even more carbs – increasing their risk of death – because of the high cost of fruit and…
Impossible Foods Closes a $75 Million Investment After Achieving...

The Great Nutrient Collapse

Irakli Loladze is a mathematician by training, but he was in a biology lab when he encountered the puzzle that would change his life. It was in 1998, and Loladze was studying for his Ph.D….

Switch To Natural Hair Colourants, Top Breast Cancer Surgeon Advises

Switch to natural hair colourants, top breast cancer surgeon advises A leading London-based breast cancer surgeon is advising women to limit the number of times they dye their hair to twice…
If there ever were a time for vegan vending machines, it is now

How Essential Oils Became the Cure For Our Age Of Anxiety

Twenty years ago, Carla Cohen fell mysteriously ill. She couldn’t put her finger on what was wrong; it felt as though some conspiracy between her mind and her body were eroding her capacity…
Millennials Are Investing With a Purpose, And It`s Changing Wealth Management

Organic Milk Is The Gateway To All Organic Food Buying

Once you go organic milk, you don’t go back. At least, that’s the finding of a study that shows that buying organic milk is the gateway for buying organic everything.

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  • Sonalie Figueiras

    2021 Women of Power, 2019 GEN T Honoree, V Label Global Hero, 2 x TEDx Speaker: Serial social entrepreneur & trends forecaster Sonalie Figueiras is a sustainability expert, food futurist and eco-powerhouse who has been inspiring global audiences for over a decade with practical steps on how to fight climate change. Known as the Green Queen of Asia, she is the founder and Editor in Chief of the award-winning Green Queen - the region’s first impact media platform that educates millions of readers on the connection between health, sustainability and the environment and showcases future solutions. She is also the co-founder and CEO of organic sourcing platform Ekowarehouse and climate tech SaaS Source Green, which helps consumer brands quit plastic packaging thanks to proprietary plastic reduction software. In addition, Sonalie is a global keynote speaker and an advisor to multiple mission-driven startups and NGOs, and a venture partner to several VC funds.

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