Posted on 01/22/2019 10:53:28 AM PST by Olog-hai
Meat consumption in western countries such as Ireland may need to drop by 90 percent to avert a climate catastrophe and reverse the current obesity epidemic, a new study has warned.
The research by 20 influential food scientists, published in the Lancet Medical Journal, suggests the global food system is unsustainable and driving the planet towards environmental destruction while simultaneously leaving billions of people either underfed or overweight. […]
To get the required daily intake of calories, people would be expected to eat almost 18 times as much dry beans, soy and nuts. …
To promote the shift to a healthier diet based on a more sustainable food system, the study by the Eat-Lancet Commission, a collaboration of the Oslo-based Eat foundation and the Lancet Medical Journal, proposes a raft of measures including the introduction of a meat tax akin to the sugar tax and the withdrawal of certain products altogether. …
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Just think how much worse it would be if cows ate hamburgers!
Let’s face it, what they really REALLY want is for human population to drop 90%.
An increase in effeminate vegan soy-boys with cholesterol and testosterone deficiencies is the solution to reduce the world-wrecking population...[/semi-sarc.]
Beans = Farts
More Beans = More Farts
Seems counter-productive.
Cows are already guilty of destroying the planet due to their farting.
[/ shaking head at the insanity the permeates the scientific world.]
That reminds me, I’m going to eat steak tonight.
18 times as much? We’d have a world wide short of toilet paper, Have to cut down all the trees and that would increase CO2 and cause more global warming.
How can people be underfed and fat too? To many carbs and not enough meat.
Keep going I lost 50 ilbs on the Paleo diet where beans (legumes) including peanuts were not allowed. Meat certainly was allowed. It’s also great for diabetics.
Any element you want..or need.
Back to a potato-only diet for you!!
I think I’ll have a steak tonight !
They decided this over their steak and potato dinners.
I wonder if filet mignon is on the menu in Davos this evening?
So how did humans last this long?
Glad I am eating Chick-fil-a takeout tonight.
JoMa
Now it all makes sense! Fat people are heating up the world!
My weight is good and stable. I eat low carb. I got addicted to the brand new Chick Fil A (never ate it before) 4 days ago, ate there 3x in 4 days, and lost 3 lbs since then! ??
You do! You eat nice vegan cows. Etc.
Notice what the warmists are saying; "We don't want YOU to eat meat." Also notice what they are NOT saying; "We are not going to eat meat."
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