What’s the Bull?
In 2019, then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he was “trying to eat less meat both for health reasons and for reasons of climate change”. Outrage ensued but was he right? Should we all change our diet for our health and the planet?
The environment
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In 2019, RTÉ introduced the TV licence-holding public to a new show concept,
What Planet Are You On? The premise is that four families go head to head to reduce the climate impact of their lives for a cash prize. Four areas are tackled – waste, water, energy and diet. A number of scientists judge the families’ performance each week.
Amii McKeever.
A work colleague said to me recently: “I saw a video online that made me laugh and I thought of you. I must send it on.” And true to her word, she sent me on the video. It was about a guy working busily at his desk and them getting up and lying down on the floor. The caption was
Things that are legal but make you look like a psychopath, part 20 – just deciding to lay on the floor. It made me laugh too because it equally applies to me. Not the psychopath part obviously, but my back is giving trouble and at any time I could be found lying down on the ground. We have written many times in our health pages about the importance of not letting other health ailments get ignored just because COVID-19 continues to be a threat. I took this advice myself and went for an MRI in the Mater Hospital last week. In fairness, the COVID-19 protocols in place would give you great confidence. I await the results.