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Another part of that portfolio could focus on a component of the ocean far more plentiful than its plankton: its salt. Sea salt, like table salt, is made of sodium chloride. If you break that compound in two, you create an acid and a base. Remove some of the acid, and you change ocean chemistry in such a way that atmospheric CO2 dissolves into the water, where it is taken up in the shells of marine creatures, which fall to the seafloor and become limestone. Essentially, says Kurt House, a Harvard graduate student who came up with the idea when...
...chicken is healthy, McDonald's has been selling tons of it (59% more than in 2003, compared with only 10% more beef). People, however, are wrong, because 5 oz. (about 140 g) of fried chicken and butter-filled biscuit (410 calories, 20 g of fat, 1,180 mg of sodium) is a lot more damaging than an Egg McMuffin and almost exactly the same nutritionally as a double cheeseburger...
Grapes 71 calories 2 mg of sodium 0 g of fat FACT: Perfect little packages--sweet, juicy and a great alternative to high-calorie desserts like cookies...
Turkey Wrap 216 calories 580 mg of sodium 9 g of fat FACT: With lean meat, whole wheat and a modest helping of cheese, it's well balanced-- but the salt, again, is a worry...
Meal Summary [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] % Daily Value Calories: 648 27% Sodium...