Comments by "Some Guy" (@someguy2135) on "The New York Times"
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Instead of a zoo, make that an animal sanctuary, and I would agree with you. Of course, we should all go vegan.
"Eating a vegan diet could be the “single biggest way” to reduce your environmental impact on earth, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Oxford found that cutting meat and dairy products from your diet could reduce an individual's carbon footprint from food by up to 73 per cent.Sep 24, 2020
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.”
-Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford
Links on my channel under "About."
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If you switch to a whole food plant based diet you would actually save money. What is cheaper than meat? Beans, rice, pasta, oatmeal, potatoes, bananas, etc. You would also improve your chances for a longer, healthier life. Vegans have lower rates of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and multiple types of cancer.
Link on my channel to credible evidence under "About" then "Chronic."
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@Kelly_Ben I just did a Google search to confirm my understanding. Here is a quote from the web site Civileats.
"Tara Garnett, a food systems analyst and the founder of the Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) at the University of Oxford in England, decided to test this theory. “Savory has quite a following,” said Garnett. “We wanted to find out if he was right.”
This narrow question is the leaping-off point of a new report, two years in the compiling, that seeks to clear up confusion about what Garnett calls “inflated claims” concerning the impacts of grazed-livestock production.
In looking at 300 academic peer-reviewed research papers from the last 20-plus years, Garnett and her co-researchers concluded that the carbon sequestered by raising cattle exclusively on pasture, even if they’re sustainably managed, doesn’t balance out the methane released over the cow’s lifecycle. "
Here is the last sentence from the article entitled "Is Grassfed Beef Better for the Climate?"
“But at the end of the day, beef has a much bigger environmental footprint [than other foods]—30 times that of lentils, for example.”
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The influence of the few corporations that produce meat and dairy is a good example. Their lobbyists have secured huge subsidies, and the US government even promotes meat and dairy! The video didn't mention that the USA is one of the top 3 consumers of meat.
I am one of the few Americans who eat a pure plant based diet.
I also recycle, don't fly, etc. Some of us are doing our part. "According to the most comprehensive analysis of farming’s impact on the planet, plant-based food is most effective at combatting climate change. Oxford University researcher Joseph Poore, who led the study, said adopting a vegan diet is “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth.”
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford.
Links at my channel under "About."
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@ASwegoalong So you want us to base a decision as important as this to a random person with an internet connection? I would rather listen to the experts on this subject. The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared-
"It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity. Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements."
Vegans have lower rates of ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and multiple types of cancer. That was the finding of the peer reviewed Adventist Studies. They also found that the only dietary group that they studied with an average BMI in the recommended range was the vegan group.
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@FarmTraveler If you don't want to debate him, then debate me. First off, you should be specific about your claims of misinformation in the video.
Then address this study, which is the largest to date on this topic.
"Eating a vegan diet could be the “single biggest way” to reduce your environmental impact on earth, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Oxford found that cutting meat and dairy products from your diet could reduce an individual's carbon footprint from food by up to 73 per cent.Sep 24, 2020"
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.”. -Joseph Poore, Environmental Science Researcher, University of Oxford
Links on my channel under "About."
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This is the abstract from an article in the "Environmental Science and Technology" journal.
"Livestock farming incurs large and varied environmental burdens, dominated by beef. Replacing beef with resource efficient alternatives is thus potentially beneficial, but may conflict with nutritional considerations.
Here we show that protein-equivalent plant based alternatives to the beef portion of the mean American diet are readily devisible, and offer mostly improved nutritional profile considering the full lipid profile, key vitamins, minerals, and micronutrients.
We then show that replacement diets require on average only 10% of land, 4% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and 6% of reactive nitrogen (Nr) compared to what the replaced beef diet requires. Applied to 320 million Americans, the beef-to-plant shift can save 91 million cropland acres (and 770 million rangeland acres), 278 million metric ton CO2e, and 3.7 million metric ton Nr annually. These nationwide savings are 27%, 4%, and 32% of the respective national environmental burdens."
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