Live Earth accounced entered a partnership with Absolut Vodka to encourage consumers to “reduce the effects of global warming by offering simple steps they can implement in their daily lives.” Number one: Drink heavily. You’ll drive less, sleep more, and basically reduce your overall consumption of the world’s resources.

Heading into one of the biggest beer drinking weekends of the year, an Alabama consumer group has called for a boycott of Anheuser-Busch products because it says the local distributor has been lobbying against craft beer legislation.

Sugary drinks have been blamed for a surge in cases of the painful joint disease gout.Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month, a study suggests.

This analyst expects emerging market consumers to guzzle more beverages in 2008.

Americans are currently consuming dangerous levels of rocket fuel. Perchlorate, a pervasive chemical found at detectable levels in all subjects tested by CDC scientists, who stated that they were “shocked” by the results.

Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume. Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".