【推荐3】How to Eat a Well-Balanced Diet

Each person has their own unique health demands, there is no one-size-fits-all eating plan that will work for everyone. What does a nutritious, well-balanced diet need?     1    

    2     Fiber, vitamin A, and vitamin C are just a few of the vitamins and minerals found in fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables also keep you fuller for longer, which helps you maintain a healthy weight. At every meal and snack, half your plate should be filled with vegetables and fruit.

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Wholegrain bread and crackers, brown or wild rice, oatmeal, and barley are all examples of wholegrain foods. They are made with whole grain. Fiber, protein, and B vitamins in wholegrain foods help you stay healthy and fuller for longer.

Nuts, seeds, tofu, fish, shellfish, eggs, low-fat milk, low-fat yogurts, and low-fat cheeses are all good sources of protein. Protein aids in the development and maintenance of bones, muscles, and skin.     4     At least two servings of fish per week should be consumed, while plant-based foods should be consumed more frequently.

Water is good for your health and keeps you hydrated without adding calories to your diet. Sugary drinks, such as energy drinks, fruit drinks, 100% fruit juice, soft drinks, and flavored coffees, are high in sugar and low in nutritious value.     5    

Even if it's 100 percent fruit juice, stay away from it. Fruit juice should not be used as a substitute for fresh fruits. Everyone should consume their fruits rather than drink them.

【推荐2】Kori Doty does not identify “herself” as either male or female and uses the pronoun “they”. Doty gave birth to Searyl Atli at a friend’s home. “I’m raising Searyl in such a way that until they have the sense of self and command of vocabulary to tell me who they are. I’m recognising them as a baby and trying to give them all the love and support to be the most whole person that they can be outside of the restrictions that come with the boy box and the girl box.”

The baby has still not been granted a birth certificate.The province only issues a birth certificate that states a gender. Doty has taken one step further — apply for a judicial review. Doty claims a medical examination at birth cannot decide a child’s true gender. “Those assumptions were incorrect, and I ended up having to do a lot of adjustments since then.” The court case is expected to be heard later.

Human rights lawyer barbara findlay, who styles her name without capital letters, said that the genderless health card arrived in the mail and that it is “a big deal and a major step forward”. However, without a birth certificate, Searyl is listed as a non-citizen in the province’s system.

The lawyer argues that it violates the baby’s human right. “There used to be a reason to put sex on birth certificates. You used to need to know that because only men could vote, only men could own property, only men could sit in the Senate, and so on. Those days are long gone,” said Findlay. “...just as we used to have race on birth certificates, but we don’t any more. It’s time to take sex off birth certificates and treat it, like race, as a private matter.”

【推荐3】Millions of highly polluting used cars from rich countries are being" dumped" on developing nations, according to a UN report. Between 2015 and 2018, some 14 million older, poor quality vehicles were exported(出口) from Europe, Japan and the US. Four out of five were sold to poorer countries, with more than half going to Africa.

Experts say that up to 80% failed to meet-minimum safety and environmental standards in exporting countries. As well as causing accidents, these cars make air pollution worse and contribute heavily to climate change. Many of the vehicles have also been tampered with(篡改) to remove valuable parts.

The report, published by the UN Environment Programme (Unep), says that both exporters and importers need to put tougher regulations (rules) in place to stem the flow of these cars. Car ownership is booming(繁荣) all over the world with an estimated 1.4 billion vehicles on the roads, a number that's expected to reach around two billion by 2040. Much of that growth is happening in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

A second study on the issue, by the Netherlands Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate, shows that many cars and vans shipped from Dutch ports to Africa are outdated and contribute to worsening air quality on the continent. According to the authors, these cars are both “dangerous and dirty.” They believe these imports are responsible for increased levels of road accidents in many poorer African and Asian countries.

The growing realization of the dangers posed by these cars has seen several importing countries strengthen their regulations. Morocco only permits cars less than five years old to be imported. Kenya also has an age limit of eight years for imported cars. On a regional level, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), representing15 countries, has set cleaner fuel and vehicle standards from January 2021.

But to really deal with the issue will require action at both ends of the supply chain. "On one hand，I think it's unethical(不道德的) that these developed countries export vehicles that are not roadworthy on their own roads," said Rob de Jong, one author." On the other hand, why have the importing countries been waiting so long to put in place some minimum standards? So I think the responsibility is not only on the exporting country, it's really a joint responsibility."