Stories by Sophie Morris

Dieting Makes You Fat

Starving yourself sends your body into famine survival mode, causing you to store extra fat.
Posted on Jul 20, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

Can You Get by on Just 5 Gallons of Water a Day?

A British woman attempts for a day what most in the developing world deal with all the time -- living on just over 5 gallons of water.
Posted on Apr 28, 2008, Source: Independent UK

The Great Carbon Con: Can Offsetting Really Help Save the Planet?

Celebrities and politicians are falling over each other to advocate plant-a-tree conservationism as a salve to global warming.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: The Independent UK

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