Scientists are working on a global diet: it can improve your health and save the planet

WASHINGTON DC. [USA]: A new study reveals that an international team of scientists is developing a diet that can improve health while ensuring sustainable food production to reduce damage to the planet.

The diet is based on halving the consumption of red meat and sugar and increasing the consumption of fruits, vegetables and nuts, reported CNN.

According to researchers, the new diet can prevent up to 11.6 million premature deaths without harming the planet.

The report was published in the medical journal The Lancet Wednesday.

According to the authors of this study, a global change in diet and food production is needed as 3 billion people in the world malnourished (including both under and overfed) and that food production exceeds environmental goals . This in turn leads to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

The authors of the study say that the world's population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. This, coupled with current diet and food production habits, will exacerbate risks for humans and the planet.

According to Dr. Richard Horton, the editor of The Lancet explained the findings of the report: 1 billion people suffer from hunger and 2 billion people eat too much bad food.

The report suggests five strategies to ensure that people can change their diets without harming the planet: encourage people to eat healthier, direct global production to various crops, intensify agriculture so sustainable development, introduce stricter rules for oceans and land management, and reduce food waste.

In order to enable a healthy global population, the team of scientists has created a world-leading dietary pattern; The authors of the study believe that this diet will reduce chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes, as well as environmental degradation.

The diet breaks down the optimal daily intake of whole grains, starchy vegetables, fruits, dairy products, proteins, fats and sugars, representing a total caloric intake of 2,500 calories a day.

The authors of the study realize that there must be global diet changes requiring consumption of foods such as red meat and sugar in order to decrease by more than 50 %.

In turn, the consumption of nuts, fruits, vegetables and legumes must be multiplied by more than two, says the report.

The diet recommends people consume 2,500 calories a day, which is slightly more than what people eat today, Willett said. People should eat "a variety of plant-based foods, small amounts of animal feed, unsaturated rather than saturated fats, and little refined grains, highly processed foods, and added sugars," he said. -he declares.

To enable people to follow the reference regime, the report proposes five strategies.

– Subsidies respond to a recommendation to ensure good governance of land and ocean systems, for example by banning land clearing and removing subsidies to global fisheries, as they result in overcapacity of the global fishing fleet.

– Encourage farmers to move their food production from a large number of crops to a diversified production of nutritious crops.

– It should also make healthy foods more accessible, for example by helping low-income groups to benefit from social protections to prevent persistent malnutrition, and by encouraging people to eat healthily through health campaigns. 39; information.

– When agriculture is intensified, it must take into account local conditions to ensure the best agricultural practices for a region, producing in turn the best crops.

– Reduce food waste by improving crop planning and market access in low- and middle-income countries, while improving the purchasing habits of consumers in high-income countries.