{"id":1899,"date":"2014-11-21T07:33:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T12:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2014-11-21T07:33:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T12:33:58","slug":"new-research-says-plant-based-diet-best-for-planet-and-people-our-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1899","title":{"rendered":"New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People &#8211; Our World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ourworld.unu.edu\/en\/new-research-says-plant-based-diet-best-for-planet-and-people\">New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People &#8211; Our World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">As cities grow and incomes rise around the world, more and more people are leaving gardens and traditional diets behind and eating refined sugars, refined fats, oils and resource- and land-intense agricultural products like beef. This global dietary transition is harming the health of both people and the planet, says new research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">But the study also shows that shifting away from this trajectory and choosing healthier traditional Mediterranean, pescatarian or vegetarian diets could not only boost human lifespans and quality of life, but also slash emissions and save habitat for endangered species.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">And we better hurry; the scientists project that if the trend continues, the situation will be worse yet with greenhouse gas emissions up by 80 percent by 2050.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Examining almost 50 years\u2019 worth of data from the world\u2019s 100 most populous countries, University of Minnesota Professor of Ecology G. David Tilman and graduate student Michael Clark illustrate how current diet trends are contributing to ever-rising agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and habitat degradation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">On top of that, they write: \u201cThese dietary shifts are greatly increasing the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and other chronic non-communicable diseases that lower global life expectancies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; font-weight: 300; color: #666666; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 18px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Research Says Plant-based Diet Best for Planet and People &#8211; Our World. As cities grow and incomes rise around the world, more and more people are leaving gardens and traditional diets behind and eating refined sugars, refined fats, oils and resource- and land-intense agricultural products like beef. 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