Z G07: I&S Hungry for Change: Dietary Options

Is a pescatarian diet based around fish and veg healthy and balanced, and how can you make sure you get all the nutrients you need? A dietitian explains...

Beef may be what's for dinner in many households, but it's also a major contributor to climate change. Raising livestock for milk and meat accounts for almost 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, and a big part of that is the methane that cows emit as burps and flatulence.

Billions more hungry mouths are going to put more strain on the planet’s resources. Can eating creepy crawlies offer a solution?

Vegetarian diets are associated with lower all-cause mortality and with some reductions in cause-specific mortality. Results appeared to be more robust in males. These favorable associations should be considered carefully by those offering dietary guidance.

Many proponents of vegetarianism say that eating meat harms health, wastes resources, causes deforestation, and creates pollution. They often argue that killing animals for food is cruel and unethical since non-animal food sources are plentiful.

Many opponents of a vegetarian diet say that meat consumption is healthful and humane, and that producing vegetables causes many of the same environmental problems as producing meat. They also argue that humans have been eating and enjoying meat for 2.3 million years.