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RE: Steemit vegetarians, "deathless meat" is almost here...what do you think?
widespread adoption of vegetarian diet would cut food-related emissions by 63% and make people healthier too.shifting to a mostly vegetarian diet, or even simply cutting down meat consumption to within accepted health guidelines, would make a large dent in greenhouse gases.Adhering to health guidelines on meat consumption could cut global food-related emissions by nearly a third by 2050, while widespread adoption of a vegetarian diet would bring down emissions by 63%.The additional benefit of going further, with the widespread adoption of veganism, brought a smaller incremental benefit, with emissions falling by about 70% in the projections.
significant environmental benefits to be had, for sure
Creating MORE denatured food has no substantive environmental benefit.
Our environment is already overly toxic thanks to laboratory "created" food substitutes. Don't forget all the toxic soup of fossil fuels, plastics and pharmaceutical.
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What would help is much healthier and balanced diet, not a "vegetarian diet." A healthy, balanced diet could look very similar to a vegetarian diet.
I am sure that you are right @hussnain, everything I see about environmental arguments shows that animal agriculture accounts for more greenhouse gasses than all the planes, trains and automobiles. The amount of grain we feed our food and dairy animals could feed the world easily so add resolving world hunger to the list of benefits to veganism.
Switching to a vegan diet for me cured type 2 diabetes, allowed me to stop all medications and nearly eliminated all symptoms of severe hardening of arteries/stroke/heart disease. I also spend about 50.00$ less on my food bill.