Monday, April 23, 2018

Healthy Diet It Turns Bad for the Environment

During this time there is the assumption that changing lifestyles with healthy eating habits will have a positive impact on the environment. However, it turns out healthy eating habits actually have the opposite effect.
Recent research shows, every American throws almost 0.45 kilograms of food every day. Those who are on a high quality diet are most often throw food away.
Healthy Diet It Turns Bad for the Environment
Healthy Diet It Turns Bad for the Environment

A study released by the USDA, the University of Vermont and the University of New Hampshire found that between 2007-2014, American consumers spent nearly 150 thousand tons of food per day, or about 30 percent of the average daily calorie consumed by all Americans .

The researchers categorized food waste in 22 different food groups and found that fruits, vegetables and fruit and vegetable mixtures were mostly wasted or equal to 39 percent of total waste. After that, followed by milk as much as 17 percent and meat and meat dishes mix about 14 percent.

"A high-quality diet that has more fruits and vegetables is wasted in greater quantities than other foods," said study author and University of Vermont assistant professor Meredith Niles.as reported by the New York Post, Monday, April 23, 2018.
According to him, healthy eating is important and bring many benefits. But when a healthy diet, they should also think about the leftovers.

To corroborate the results, the researchers used available food waste data and calculated the amount of agricultural land used to produce wasted food through modeling of biophysical simulations. They then estimate the amount of agricultural input required to produce uneaten food, including irrigation water, pesticides and fertilizers.

Although the results of this study are not an excuse to start eating more fast food, researchers want people to remember the impact they feel on the environment before throwing away the leftovers, like wilted lettuce.

"Food waste is a problem that arises on many levels. Seeing them holistically will become increasingly important to find sustainable ways to meet the needs of a growing global population, "said lead author Zach Conrad at ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center. (tp)


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