Study: Vegan Diet Could Save Millions Of Lives By 2050
- 8 years ago
Different dietary behaviors could help to save lives and improve climate trends, finds a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford.
Different dietary behaviors could help to save lives and improve climate trends, finds a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford.
To make this determination, the team projected the outcome of four scenarios through 2050: one based on continuing the status quo, another on global dietary guidelines which includes minimum amounts of vegetables and fruits and limits on red meat consumption, and the remainder with vegan and vegetarian profiles.
While the global guideline and vegetarian diets both showed fewer deaths by 2050--5.1 million and 7.3 million, respectively, the vegan
Different dietary behaviors could help to save lives and improve climate trends, finds a new study by researchers from the University of Oxford.
To make this determination, the team projected the outcome of four scenarios through 2050: one based on continuing the status quo, another on global dietary guidelines which includes minimum amounts of vegetables and fruits and limits on red meat consumption, and the remainder with vegan and vegetarian profiles.
While the global guideline and vegetarian diets both showed fewer deaths by 2050--5.1 million and 7.3 million, respectively, the vegan