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Two weeks ago the New England Journal of Medicine released a study that found cutting back on the salt in our diets has the potential to prevent 32,000 strokes, 54,000 heart attacks and 60,000 cases of heart disease a year. This Valentine’s day the best thing you can do for your heart is cut the salt. But does that mean your candlelit dinner is destined to be bland?

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Stuffed and Starved author Raj Patel is back with his new book The Value of Nothing. It’s slim but it’s brimming with ideas challenging our market system and the consumer passivity that brought us to economic collapse. The Value of Nothing shows how the environment and the economy come together on your plate.

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Next time you look at a bunch of broccoli, think of those stalks and florets as a bouquet bursting with beneficial compounds. Açai and goji berries may be the darlings of the superfood set, but there’s a reason why the Romans revered broccoli. Ounce for ounce, this offspring of a wild European cabbage packs an incredible array of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

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Our Monday Movement grew by leaps and bounds this past year – thanks to all of you who are making an effort to improve your personal health and the planet’s! We look forward to what 2010 will bring as the momentum continues to grow. Here’s a look back at some of 2009’s most notable Meatless Monday moments:

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The 2007 Dutch documentary Meat the Truth was the first of its kind. Meat the Truth took an in-depth look at the environmental impact of wide scale meat production at a time when most people still attributed greenhouse gasses to cars. Last week, it was featured at Klimaforum 09, held during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. In honor of the Summit, we spoke with the documentary’s producer, Monique van Dijk Armor.

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