Friday, December 10, 2021

Environmentally sustainable diet linked to health benefits

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/937398

 

 News Release 9-Dec-2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Lund University

 

A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

“Our results indicate that dietary guidelines that are beneficial for both planetary health and personal health do exist”, says Anna Stubbendorff, doctoral student at Lund University and first author of the study.

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 The EAT-Lancet diet has target values for daily intake of a selection of different food, and consists of a lot of whole grains, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds and pulses (peas, beans and lentils), and significantly less meat, sugar and saturated fat compared with current consumption. 

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