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Good News For Veggies: Personal Values Deceive Taste Buds
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Many heavy meat eaters believe they eat a lot of meat because of the taste. But according to groundbreaking new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, the reason that a beef burger tastes better than a veggie burger to some people has more to do with values than actual taste.
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"The best solution would be for us all to become vegetarians".
So suggested the head of the UN climate agency, Yvo de Boer, who is attending UN-led climate talks in Germany this week.
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Listeria fear after Canada deaths
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Canadian health officials are investigating 12 deaths thought to be linked to contaminated meat products.
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Killer fry-up
The Great British fry-up could be the death of you after research showed that it can cause cancer.
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UK’s ‘water footprint’ is drying up the world
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A new report by the WWF reveals that the UK’s ‘water footprint’ is unsustainable, and threatens the world’s water reserves.
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Japan seeks to arrest Sea Shepherd anti-whaling activists
Police to place men - including one Briton - on international wanted list after clashes last year.
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Oxford vegan food fair report - your town next!
Vegan food activists from Midlands Vegan Campaigns today ventured out of our own territory and in to Oxford, to the city`s first ever Free Vegan Food Fair.
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Fur flies as Gwyneth Paltrow offends her animal-rights friends
She is almost as famous for her green, holistic lifestyle as she is for her film roles, but Gwyneth Paltrow has become the focus of angry animal rights campaigners.
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Call to end animal pain-resear
Using animals to research pain has "limited value" and should be replaced by newer technologies, argues a panel of medical experts from across England.