Planetary Health Diet: Can This Diet Save Us And The World?

Planetary Health Diet
Can this diet save us and the world?

Scientists have developed the "Planetary Health Diet".

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Lose weight and save the world in the process. Sounds too good to be true, but should work with the "Planetary Health Diet".

Food is still unfairly distributed around the world. Some have decidedly too much, others too little. This called on 37 scientists who designed the "Planetary Health Diet". The special thing about it: This diet should apply to all of humanity and save our earth.

Actually, the term "diet" is the wrong word here. Because unlike the mostly short-term diet, which is often aimed at weight loss, the "earth diet" is a long-term change in diet. This should not only benefit the planet – "planetary" – but also prevent diseases and promote health – "health".

That would have to change the different peoples

But what is on the menu? Unsurprisingly for most: vegetables. At least 300 grams of it should be consumed daily. There are also 250 grams of dairy products and 232 grams of whole grain products. Right down to the gram, you should also put 75 grams of legumes on your plate, 50 grams of nuts, 29 grams of chicken, 28 grams of fish, a miserable 14 grams of beef, lamb or pork and exactly 13 grams of egg, which is what the Sunday brunch with the obligatory breakfast egg is all about rather difficult, because how many eggs are 13 grams?

If the study is to be believed, it is possible to feed around ten billion people healthily by 2050 without destroying the planet. The difficulty is likely to lie in the implementation. So people all over the world need to change their eating habits. In practice this means less fish for Asians, less red meat for Europeans and North Americans. Today, seven times the recommended amount of starch-rich plants is consumed in African countries. In theory, the "Earth Diet" can do a lot for our planet: fewer greenhouse gases, preservation of biodiversity and more drinking water. The only question that remains is: Can humans change their eating habits so radically? And: How do I separate an egg to within 13 grams?

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