{"id":1142,"date":"2023-01-25T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T01:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2023-05-30T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T22:57:47","slug":"why-eating-well-is-ecological","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/en\/2023\/why-eating-well-is-ecological\/","title":{"rendered":"Why eating well is ecological"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1142\" class=\"elementor elementor-1142\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2abc0df1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2abc0df1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/plurality.raisely.com\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3aaadd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b3aaadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">to support independent and \nad-free ecological thinking<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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But just how is eating well going to be better for you? And how can a way of eating be considered \u2018ecological\u2019, meaning that it also makes a political statement at the same time?<\/p><p>Let\u2019s briefly think about what we mean by \u2018eating well.\u2019 We might say that everyone\u2019s \u2018eating well\u2019 is different, and that\u2019s true. Here, eating well means buying fresh, unprocessed and low-packaged food that is cooked and prepared at home. This is what many people call a \u2018whole foods plant-based diet\u2019 which is very close to the Mediterranean diet. Eating well means reducing meat and dairy consumption because you are aware of both the environmental and health impacts of eating these foods. It means being aware and conscious of what you are eating, and what effect this will have on your health, and on the health of the ecosystems in which this food is produced.<\/p><p>There are many ways in which eating well is ecological. Let\u2019s go through them one by one, exploring both the theoretical foundations, as well as the scientific evidence for these reasons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4717f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-tfposts-image\" data-id=\"4717f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tfposts-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tf-post-featured-image-4717f00\" class=\"tf-post-featured-image\" data-tabid=\"4717f00\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-featured-image\">\r\n                \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kenny-eliason-sEwtU-qy06c-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"image\">\r\n                <div>\r\n            <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64b459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c64b459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image: Jacopo Maia on Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266d8f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"266d8f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Eating a vegetarian diet lowers your carbon emissions, and a vegan diet lowers them even more. Seasonal and local is better than out of season products from everywhere.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e4f296 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e4f296\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the pledges that governments across the world have made is to lower their emissions of greenhouse gases. This is so that the global warming which is occurring at the moment will slow down, because fewer gases like carbon dioxide in the air mean less warming on a global level.<\/p><p>This engagement is something that needs to be taken up by individuals, companies, and governments. Each has their part to play in the reduction of emissions. One of the ways that people can reduce their own carbon emissions, or \u2018carbon footprint\u2019 is through eating less meat and dairy, especially from animals like cows, which release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere. In the short term, methane is about 80-100 times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide.<\/p><p>By becoming vegetarian, you can reduce your carbon footprint by around 1.4 tonnes per year. Eating only a quarter of your yearly meat consumption will reduce your footprint by one tonne. Given that the average footprint for a New Zealander is 15 tonnes per year, this is quite a large reduction! Especially as it is one that we can choose to make immediately, and it will have a large impact if many of us decide to reduce or eliminate our meat consumption.<\/p><p>Looking at the graphic from the BBC below, you can see that plant-based proteins have lower emissions than many other foods.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7734c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7734c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gge-foods.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1145\" alt=\"Graph showing carbon footprint of different foods\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gge-foods.jpg 451w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gge-foods-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gge-foods-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gge-foods-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb69efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb69efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You might be trying to reduce your carbon footprint, but as we discuss here, carbon emissions are only one part of the ecological crisis. There are also other concerns \u2013 like the amount of fresh water we use to grow certain crops or raise cattle for food. When it comes to water usage, vegetables seem to require the least amount of water to produce, then fruits, then animal products, which require very large amounts of water. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedataanalyzer.com\/post\/water-needed-to-produce-food\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">This article by TheDataAnalyzer<\/span><\/a> is a great explanation of the water resources required for different food products. You can also see and download the whole dataset, to know just how much water is used by things such as cacao beans, nuts, grapes, beer, and more.<\/p><p>We should watch out here, because we might think that almond milk is a good alternative to dairy milk \u2013 which, overall, it is. However, the amount of water required to produce almonds for this purpose<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-46654042\">is much more than that required to make oat, soy, or rice milks.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a46f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8a46f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/milks.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1146\" alt=\"Graph showing emissions, land use and water use of different milks\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/milks.jpg 451w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/milks-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a708e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39a708e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Becoming a vegetarian, or even a vegan, is one good way to reduce your carbon emissions, and the fresh water usage required to produce your food. Eating vegetarian requires much fewer resources, in terms of both land and water, and will emit fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.<\/p><p>One criticism of this choice is that, with increasing requirements for vegetarian protein sources, like soya, almonds, etc., it is becoming necessary for farmers to intensify their production of these crops. This is meaning more almond trees per square kilometre, greater pesticide use, and mechanised farming systems in order to keep up with demand. Monocultures like this end up having negative effects on the soil quality, plants begin to produce their own toxins to fight against the use of the pesticides, and there is a greater chance of disease and pest infestation in the farm. <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research-and-innovation\/en\/horizon-magazine\/rise-and-fall-monoculture-farming#:~:text=Raising%20a%20single%20crop%20has,and%20control%20pests%20through%20predation.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The European Union explain this in more detail here<\/span>.<\/a><\/p><p>Likewise, organic farming is on average around 20% less efficient than more conventional intensive farming methods. This means using more land, which would not be so much of a problem if we weren\u2019t using large amounts of land for raising animals to eat them; however in the current situation more organic farming would mean using more resources and more land for farming.<\/p><p>Overall, the benefits in terms of lower resource use and lower greenhouse gas emissions means that becoming vegetarian or vegan is a great way to reduce your personal impact on the environment. The more people who eat in this way, the greater the efficiencies in the production of these foods can become. Fewer animals will need to be raised to contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, and land can be used and reconverted into growing crops for human consumption.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33179ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33179ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Taking back agency and having greater self-determination<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c41d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c41d8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The second way in which eating well is an ecological act is more political than the first. Being ecological means realising that the interests of large companies have come to dominate many areas of our lives, in ways which do not always have the interests of human health at the forefront.<\/p><p>One such example is the use of bisphenol-A (BPA) in plastic products. BPA was used in plastics coming into contact with food, and is still used in many products like cosmetics, eftpos receipts, phone cases, and more. BPA is used by companies to make a shatter-resistant, lightweight and clear plastic. However, peer-reviewed research has found that BPA is what\u2019s known as an \u2018endocrine disruptor.\u2019 This means that it stops the body from functioning properly, causing diseases such as <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/30848227\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">breast, ovary, colon, and prostate cancer<\/span>.<\/a> Even touching products with BPA in them causes the compound to enter the body through the skin. BPA is used because of its practical and financial benefits. As these plastics became more widespread, no interest was taken by its producers in its effects on human health.<\/p><p>Eating well therefore means that you are active and aware of what you eat, what you put into your body. When you eat well, you don\u2019t buy products with chemical preservatives and flavour enhancers in them, because you don\u2019t need these to make a good meal, and don\u2019t want them in your food. You choose not to buy products and containers with BPA in them, for example. You\u2019re therefore asserting your agency, your ability to choose, against a system which has other interests at its centre. You are declaring that your own interest in your health is more important to you than participating in a food system where profit drives production choices.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b894e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b894e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1147\" alt=\"Bottles of water\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jonathan-chng-OTDyDgPoJ_0-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Endocrine disruptors are often found in bottles used for drinks. Image: Jonathan Chng on Unsplash.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d20e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d20e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is precisely this money and profit-driven economic system which is responsible for the ecological crisis. By not including the ecological impacts of production in their business analyses, companies destroy ecosystems and extract resources at rates much faster than these resources can regenerate themselves. They then sell us the idea, through advertising, that we have to buy their new product, which is better than the one we\u2019ve got, and we generate more and more waste which takes thousands of years to decompose.<\/p><p>The ability to say no, and to make your own food choices, is a way of fighting back against a production system causing the ecological crisis. The more people who decide to make conscious food choices \u2013 whether that be vegetarian\/vegan or not \u2013 the less this power this system has in our overall decision making. When no-one buys products with toxic plastics, these toxic plastics will no longer be used, even if it is only because the companies do not want to lose their customers.<\/p><p>And there is evidence that companies are listening to this kind of consumer behaviour. For example, the number of products that are certified organic has increased dramatically over the past decade. In New Zealand there are 11 different ways in which products can be registered as organic, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.govt.nz\/export\/food\/organics\/resources\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ministry for Primary Industries<\/span><\/a>. The organic industry in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalorganictrade.com\/country\/new-zealand\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">New Zealand grew by 4.5% in 2021<\/span><\/a>, and is expected to continue this growth rate for the next few years. As we mentioned above, organic doesn\u2019t always mean a smaller environmental footprint, because of the extra resources required to grow organic food. It does however mean better health outcomes, for humans, and for the soil and ecosystems in which the food is grown.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b2a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54b2a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Better health outcomes, both physical and mental<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f09265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f09265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eating well \u2013 that is, eating unprocessed, fresh whole grains, fruit and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and legumes \u2013 is going to lead to you living a healthier and longer life.<\/p><p>One of New Zealand\u2019s leading nutritional and psychological scientists, Julia Rucklidge, at the University of Canterbury, has written a lot about the impact of diet on mental health.<\/p><p>She concludes that a whole-foods plant-based diet, often called a Mediterranean diet, shows remarkable results in improving mental health across different populations. Those on a poor-quality diet are 60% more likely to suffer from mental health conditions like anxiety and depression.\u00a0 Rucklidge encourages those who do suffer from depression to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet, which in the SMILES trial, showed that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12916-017-0791-y\">diet intervention was more effective at treating depression than social interventions. <\/a><\/span>You can take <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.edx.org\/courses\/course-v1:UCx+PSY01ucX+3T2020\/f566cf7048c146e8a585edffde2ab4ac\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rucklidge\u2019s online course in Mental Health and Nutrition to learn more about these links here<\/span>. <\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf6fd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cf6fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1148\" alt=\"People discussing medical results\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/accuray-5sDRGl2PrNM-unsplash-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The overall health of our nations seems to be declining. Image: Accuray on Unsplash<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2f8a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c2f8a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the physical health side, eating a whole-foods plant-based diet of unprocessed fresh foods has been shown in numerous cases to lead to reductions in the risk of what we call \u201cnon-communicable diseases\u201d, which are the most prevalent causes of bad health and death in Western societies today. These include diabetes, cancer, dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s, cardiovascular disease, and more.<\/p><p>One very accessible book discussing the research done on the relationship between diet and health outcomes is <a href=\"https:\/\/theproof.com\/book\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Simon Hill\u2019s \u201cThe Proof is in the Plants.\u201d<\/span><\/a> Discussing recent studies as well as looking into the claims made by industries, Simon Hill does a great job of sorting fact from fiction when it comes to health. Many industries will publish studies that provide confusing results, or that support the industry, and to do this they design their research study in order to get the results they want. One example could be to release a study which says that \u201ceating dairy is good for your health.\u201d This could be a study which shows a group of people who eat lots of red meat and processed food, and another group who eat all that, plus dairy, and on certain measures have better health outcomes. This doesn\u2019t mean, however, that people on whole-food plant-based diets won\u2019t have <em>even better health outcomes<\/em>, <em>without dairy.<\/em><\/p><p>Some of the conclusions that Hill comes to in his book are quite important. There is a big misconception that people on vegetarian and vegan diets don\u2019t or can\u2019t get enough protein in their diets. This is simply not true: he writes \u201cif you are eating a whole-foods plant-based diet with just moderate diversity, your body will get all the EAA (essential amino acid) protein building blocks it needs.\u201d This is based on a review of many different large-scale studies.<\/p><p>Hill also writes that \u201cit\u2019s estimated that dietary choices may be linked to as many as 50\u201375% of all deaths by breast, prostate, colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic and gallbladder cancers.\u201d In Australia, 95% of people fail to meet the daily recommended fruit and vegetable intake guidelines. It\u2019s no surprise that this is the case.<\/p><p>Even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/questions-and-answers\/item\/cancer-carcinogenicity-of-the-consumption-of-red-meat-and-processed-meat\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised the role that processed meats play in causing cancer<\/span><\/a>. Meats such as bacon, salami, sausages, ham, etc. were listed as Group 1 carcinogens in 2015, along with tobacco and asbestos. These foods are just as potent and dangerous, and likely to cause cancer, as smoking cigarettes. They also happen to be highly transformed foods, which go through factories and production processes to fill them with chemicals and additives. The WHO also classified unprocessed red meats like beef, lamb, pork, horse, goat\u2026 as Group 2A carcinogens, meaning that they are \u201cprobably carcinogenic (cancer-causing) to humans.\u201d<\/p><p>So, eating red meat has a higher carbon footprint, requires more land and water to produce, is probably causing cancer in human beings\u2026 The reasons to eat a whole-foods plant-based diet are just increasing.<\/p><p>Eating well is therefore ecological because you are taking care of your health. In personal terms, this means living happier, for longer, with a much lower risk for disease. In political terms, this means less money needing to be spent on preventable diseases in the hospitals and care centres \u2013 money which can then go towards other ecological political measures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c7c11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c7c11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Better state of the planet and local ecosystems<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07baf4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07baf4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Intensive farming of animals for human consumption requires a lot of resources, as we have seen. It also emits a lot of greenhouse gases \u2013 more than any other food product. But we must remember that these farms of dairy cows and sheep are not in isolated and unconnected silos. Rather, each farm sits on the Earth and its impacts influence the soil underneath the farm, as well as the surrounding areas, especially where water and air are concerned.<\/p><p>Farming animals in such large quantities in small areas produces enormous amounts of dust from feeding troughs, which ends up in the air that we and other forms of life breathe in. This dust contains biologically active organisms such as viruses, mould and fungi from the food and the animal faeces which is in the dust. Likewise, animal waste is collected in pools so that it can be treated before being used as fertiliser on crops such as vegetables, oats and barley. In these pools, the waste evaporates and releases toxic chemicals into the air. This has an effect on human health, as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iatp.org\/news\/neighbors-of-vast-hog-farms-say-foul-air-endangers-their-health-0\">this New York Times article discusses<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p>Besides air pollution, there is also water pollution to consider. When all the toxic animal waste is spread onto the land in order to fertilise crops, it also ends up in the waterways and lakes, which then takes it to the sea. In the Gulf of Mexico there is what we call a \u2018dead zone\u2019 where all the plant and animal life has died. This is because of toxic runoff in the form of nitrogen from industrial farming practices, which travels by the Mississippi River to the sea. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0959378006000495\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In this study<\/span><\/a>, researchers looked at the impact of shifting away from crops destined for meat production, to growing other protein sources for human consumption in the Mississippi Basin. They found that doing so would reduce the size of the \u2018dead zone\u2019 to being almost non-existent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215f8dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"215f8dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/veronica-white-mbBtdNq7tmM-unsplash.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2066\" alt=\"Cows in a cow shed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/veronica-white-mbBtdNq7tmM-unsplash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/veronica-white-mbBtdNq7tmM-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/veronica-white-mbBtdNq7tmM-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The reality of dairy farming. Image: Veronica White on Unsplash<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d63e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9d63e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By switching to a vegetarian or vegan diet (a whole foods plant-based diet), we are reducing the amount of land which is needed to grow crops for animal consumption, which in many cases is causing this toxic runoff into waterways. We are also reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, because there will be fewer cows, sheep, and other animals producing warming gases. We\u2019re also improving air quality when animals are no longer factory-farmed to meet our needs.<\/p><p>There are many small-scale alternatives to industrial farming, which can improve the quality of local ecosystems, such as regenerative farming, permaculture, and biodynamic farming. The trouble is that in many cases, we are unable to know as consumers under what conditions our fruit and vegetables are grown. Thus, eating well potentially means improving the quality of soils and creating resilient farms, rather than environmental destruction. At this stage there is no good way of knowing for sure that what we are buying and eating was grown in this way.<\/p><p>When we farm in regenerative ways, or even simply in organic farming, we are using fewer pesticides on the foods, which in turn makes for a healthier ecosystem too. Pesticides are very often not specific \u2013 they kill everything that comes into contact with the spray. Using these sprays simply mean that the pests we are trying to kill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/grapes\/integrated_pest_management\/how-pesticide-resistance-develops\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">develop resistance to them<\/span><\/a> \u2013 therefore rendering the sprays less effective. When plants are planted with high levels of diversity, i.e. not all the same plant in one area, the plants will naturally be resistant to most pests, and will help each other out to keep the pests under control. Because our food system is more interested in efficiency and cost savings, we plant one single variety in large areas, and this natural pest resistance is lost.<\/p><p>Eating well is, once again, shown to be ecological \u2013 it means that ecosystems are given the chance to \u2018breathe\u2019 without toxic animal waste and parasites being loaded into them. Waterways can become cleaner, soils can regenerate, and the air becomes less polluted with harmful contaminants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e878c01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e878c01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Food becomes important \u2013 and a moment of connection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee45178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee45178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Being ecological means recognising the importance of relationships. Ecology tells is that everything is interconnected, and that each thing is made up of connections, of relationships, between different things in its environment, and beyond.<\/p><p>Food is one way in which many of us connect. Eating together is a way of sharing a moment together, and focusing on developing our relationships with other people. We all eat the same food, we share the same meal, and at the same time share parts of ourselves as well.<\/p><p>When you are eating well, and intentionally, then you are choosing to value the meal times that you have. Instead of sitting in front of your television, mobile phone, or computer, you choose to sit with others, and share your eating moments with them. Food habits become ecological behaviours, ways of caring, ways of understanding relationships.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d8bbe6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d8bbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sixth reason would be the classic vegan argument \u2013 ethics! But I think this argument is fairly well known by most people. It goes something like this: Eating living sentient beings is morally wrong because we are causing them suffering in order to feed ourselves. Ethical and value-based thinking is also ecological, but we must always make sure that we are not supposing ourselves to be moral judges of others and their behaviours. We are not here to blame or point out the faults of others. The ecological crisis will not be overcome by counting the number of supposedly \u2018good acts\u2019 each person does, and punishing those who have done fewer than others.<\/p><p>This kind of thinking does not empower people to take active steps to understand themselves and the crisis that we are in, and it further reinforces the idea that environmentalists (because many of them tend to be vegans) are just annoying people who think they are morally superior to others (which sometimes can be true, but not always!). More on that perception in another article, however!<\/p><p>As you can see, there are many reasons why eating well is ecological. You can lower your carbon footprint, improve your own health, improve the quality of the soil and water systems where food is grown, take back your own agency and decision-making power, and spend more time connecting with others. 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Human beings are not the &#8216;masters of nature,&#8217; and cannot think they are managers of everything around them. Plurality is about finding a wealth of ideas to help us cope with the ecological crisis which we have to confront now, and in the coming decades. We all need to understand what is at stake, and create new ways of being in the world, new dreams for ourselves, that recognise this uncertain future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36d143ed\" data-id=\"36d143ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2209c888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2209c888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our network<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2109e5f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2109e5f4\" 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