An Animal-Free Diet For The Planet

How a Vegetarian Diet Could Help Save the Planet; And Save Trillions of Dollars

Justin Worland, March 21, 2016 (Time Magazine)

“…[T] the widespread adoption of vegetarian and vegan diets [improves human health and] could save millions of lives and trillion of dollars [according to Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change from the University of Minnesota]…Researchers assessed four different scenarios with humans consuming varying levels of meat to evaluate the links between diet, health and the environment. The lowest level of meat consumption—widespread adoption of the vegan diet—could help avoid more than 8 million deaths by 2050 [saving up to $1 trillion annually]…A vegetarian diet would save 7.3 million lives…The environmental impacts of a dietary shift could be just as dramatic…Livestock alone account for more than 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions…A vegan or vegetarian diet could cut those emissions by 70% and 63%, respectively [and saving up to $30 trillion annually]…” click here for more

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