"A healthy diet, for people and the planet, would include a more varied menu of nut and legumes, whole grains and plenty of fruits and vegetables, with significantly less meat, dairy products and sugar. That's the relatively straightforward message from the EAT-Lancet Commission, an independent scientific body working with the influential British medical journal. On Friday, it presented a major update to its 2019 report on healthy diets that are also good for the environment, findings which have been widely accepted by global health"
""Food systems generate roughly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions," said Johan Rockstrom, commission co-chair and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, speaking in a media briefing earlier this week. Rockstrom outlined new research from more than 35 countries and six continents showing that including healthy foods in dietary guidelines, tackling food loss and waste, choosing local products and shifting to sustainable agricultural practices could reduce stress on the environment and cut those emissions by more than half"
A healthy diet for people and the planet includes more nuts and legumes, whole grains, plenty of fruits and vegetables, and much less meat, dairy and sugar. Food systems generate roughly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Including healthy foods in dietary guidelines, reducing food loss and waste, choosing local products and shifting to sustainable agricultural practices could reduce environmental stress and cut food-system emissions by more than half. Those changes could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths annually, halt biodiversity loss, and contribute to a fairer food system. Online communities have circulated misinformation opposing reduced-meat recommendations.
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