Category: Diet
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Is it possible to get enough protein in your diet if you reduce the amount of meat you eat? Can carbon footprint of your diet still be low if you are eating plants as a substitute that have come from abroad? This article was inspired from a comment I saw on Instagram about someone expressing…
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Our guest author, Leticia Drier, nutritionist discusses the benefits of a plant-based diet and how we can use it to improve our health. You might have heard about the idea of eating 30+ plant foods a week to improve your health. It comes from research by The British and American Gut Project (2018) which revealed…
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If you are choosing a drink when you are going out, how could you choose a drink with lower carbon emissions? It is not obvious what type of drink is likely to have a lower carbon footprint. What seems like a ‘green’ option may not be. Research by Professor Bridle shows it all depends on…
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A plant-based diet is the most compatible diet with a Net Zero world. Only diet can sustain a world population that could grow to 10 billion people in the future. In a plant-based diet, plants make up to at least two thirds of your diet and meat only makes up to one third. Plants do…
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Do your favourite meals include beef, such as Spaghetti Bolognese or a burger? Beef has the highest carbon footprint of all meat because it is the main cause of deforestation in the world and the main reason for the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Cows also produce methane when they digest food, which is another…
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Cheese as a food product produces large amounts of carbon emissions. Most of the emissions in cheese production comes from the burps of cows. The way cows digest food mean that they produce methane, which is a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. Climate change scientists, such as Professor Bernes-Lee, argue cheese should be…
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If you are a heavy meat eater, it is hard to know how to switch over to a plant-based diet. A plant-based diet is essential in a Net Zero world as it will halve the carbon emissions from our diet. There are also many benefits to adopting a plant-based diet: you will save up to…
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There are a huge number of reasons to adopt a plant-based diet. Not only is it good for the planet and saves you money, but it also improves your health significantly. This is the diet backed by evidence from research centres around the world, such as the Harvard Medical School, and the verdict of such…
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Plant-based meals are what we should be eating in a net zero world. If we reduced the amount of meat and dairy we eat, it would reduce deforestation and carbon emissions dramatically. Less land would be required to grow our food because raising animals and feeding them takes up so much land. If everyone switched…
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What would lunch in a net zero world look like? Plant based lunches contain less meat and dairy and are mostly made up of plants. Meat should only make up a third of the meal at the maximum and should be a garnish to the meal rather than the main thing. Pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan…