Happy Earth Day from Integrative Practitioner
Diet and food production must radically change to improve health
Transformation of the global food system is urgently needed as more than 3 billion people are malnourished, including people who are undernourished and over-nourished, and food production is exceeding planetary boundaries, driving climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution due to over-application of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers, and unsustainable changes in water and land use.
The findings are from the EAT-Lancet Commission, which provides the first scientific targets for a healthy diet from a sustainable food production system that operates within planetary boundaries for food. The report promotes diets consisting of a variety of plant-based foods, with low amounts of animal-based foods, refined grains, highly processed foods, and added sugars, and with unsaturated rather than saturated fats.
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