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[...] Agricultural data from 38,700 farms plus details of processing and retailing in 119 countries show wide differences in environmental impacts — from greenhouse gas emissions to water used — even between producers of the same product, says environmental scientist Joseph Poore of the University of Oxford. The amount of climate-warming gases released in the making of a pint of beer, for example, can more than double under high-impact production scenarios. For dairy and beef cattle combined, high-impact providers released about 12 times as many greenhouse gases as low-impact producers, Poore and colleague Thomas Nemecek report in the June 1 Science.
[...] The greatest changes in the effect of a person’s diet on the planet, however, would still come from choosing certain kinds of food over others. On average, producing 100 grams of protein from beef leads to the release of 50 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions, which the researchers calculated as a carbon-dioxide equivalent. By comparison, 100 grams of protein from cheese releases 11 kg in production, from poultry 5.7 kg and from tofu 2 kg.
[...] Producing food overall accounts for 26 percent of global climate-warming emissions, and takes up about 43 percent of the land that’s not desert or covered in ice, the researchers found. Out of the total carbon footprint from food, 57 percent comes from field agriculture, livestock and farmed fish. Clearing land for agriculture accounts for 24 percent and transporting food accounts for another 6 percent.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Thursday June 07 2018, @06:47PM (2 children)
Generally you can get all you need from a plant-based diet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forks_Over_Knives [wikipedia.org]
Consuming refined sugar and / or bleached white flour is arguably worse than having a steak. Certainly worse than having fish like Salmon. Jesus almost certainly ate meat, specifically Lamb and Fish. The bible says that your body is the temple of God, so you should be taking care of it. So, I have a hard time believing that you can't live healthy while eating meat. Otherwise, why would Jesus have done it? Though, you really should avoid the scavengers such as Pig, Shrimp, etc.
The best advice is to eat whole foods that you have cooked, restrict your sugar intake, and to use Whole Wheat Flour. I usually buy a bag of whole wheat and white and mix them (I'm cheap and my wife doesn't like plain whole wheat).
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by Aiwendil on Friday June 08 2018, @08:25AM (1 child)
How do you get the B12 by sticking to plants alone? No plants synthesize that.
Personally I have a diet centered around rice and poulty so most vegetarians already puts a heavier load on the planet than I do.
No wonder Jesus ate lamb and fish, both of those are kosher and most jews back then (and currently) eat it.
Which part of the bible says that the body is the temple of God?
I do eat meat, heck, the only kind of meat I really doesn't eat is shrimp, crab, mussles/scallops and fish and that is due to taste. I even have a fondness for dried reindeer as a snack.
Actually the entire "avoid scavangers" is a bit iffy since most of our livestock are opportunistic eaters (also - good look finding a bird that turns down a tasty cricket if given half a chance).
My refined sugar intake is at a hefty 6 tablespoons per week, and that mainly is due my enjoying a touch of syrup in my bread.
And I avoid whole wheat due to an intestinal disorder which makes anything with too much fibre being somewhat of a health hazard (how I miss rye-breads and dates (Phoenix dactylifera)).
I also should point out that I live in sweden - which means that bleached floor is a speciality item (most of us has never seen bleached floor with our own eyes, and we consider self-rising flour to be weird), our sugar comes from sugar beets, we often cook our food from scratch, and the vast majority of oil we use is rapeseed (or "canola" for those unable to recognize turnips) with the following two most common being sunflower and olive.
Flourmixes are seriously underrated, the only common one around here is the 40% rye and 60% wheat, but overall making your own flour-mixes is highly useful. If cooking do add a bit of cornstarch (or rice starch) to any roux (when makes sauces) for an even thicker texture.
If you have an hour to kill to look up Lifey Missions on youtube when they are telling their fellow missionaries about sweden when viewed from a US point of view, it is hilarious from our point of view and shocking from the US conservative point of view (after you've watched it feel free to poke me if you want a recipie for "kladdkaka")
And as I stated in my initial post, I mainly was curious about what the bare mimum was in terms of branching out from an all-plant (for an overall the minimum is butter and potatoes and magnesium supplements)
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday June 08 2018, @04:49PM
1st Corinthians 6:19-20 "19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body [g]and in your spirit, which are God’s." It's mainly talking about immoral behavior, but there are various places in the Bible that recommend a healthy lifestyle. Including eating good food.
I may take a look at the YouTube video. My life is crazy though, so no guarantees I'll remember it. Even though, I'll send myself an e-mail about it.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"