Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds - eviltoast
  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    There’s still other vitamins that are present in higher quantities in meat versus plants, but I do see your point. And with where we are with food technology today, we can make it a moot point by enriching vegetables anyway.

    The first priority I think should be making it more affordable and cheaper to buy these foods, and government subsidies sound like a good way to do that. Also, reducing red meat consumption and replacing it with chicken goes a long way too.

    Either way, I appreciate how knowledgeable you are on this. You’ve clearly done your research!

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      8 months ago

      Thanks! Beans, lentils and soy are superfoods and they are super cheap. If we’d eat a cup of these legumes a day, we (and our soil, climate, environment) would be much healthier. It’s so easy as well, just replace ground meat with lentils, chicken with chickpeas, pork with soy shreds. My health insurance started promoting this as the planetary health diet, times are changing.