http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151214130727.htm
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Following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and greenhouse gas emissions per calorie, say researchers. A new study measured the changes in energy use, blue water footprint and GHG emissions associated with US food consumption patterns.
"Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gas emissions than eating bacon," said Paul Fischbeck, professor of social and decisions sciences and engineering and public policy. "Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look particularly bad when compared to pork or chicken."
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>everything causes cancer
>everything is bad for the environment
Burn it all down.
It's the only way to save this planet.
Per calorie.
Nobody eats their required energy intake in celery or lettuce.
If the numbers were about a balanced vegan vs balanced meat-eater diet, I'd wager the environmental impact would be less for vegan diets.
If you're going to feed you bacon-piggy lettuce only, it would be pretty bad for the environment too. And for the piggy
>>35258289
>balanced vegan vs balanced meat-eater
>vegan diet
>balanced
Pls be trolling
>>35258349
The plant-based diet is widely regarded by the medical community to be the optimal diet for health purposes. In fact, the plant-based diet is the only diet that gets to claim that it can prevent and reverse heart disease, as it has been clinically proven.
>>35260034
Yeah but it's not balanced bro stay on topic
>>35258173
This is stupid and misleading.
Comparing lettuce and bacon on a calorie-for-calorie basis is ridiculous.
>>35258173
because nature is for faggots
>>35260160
your mom can balance on my vegan dick
>>35260344
I bet she can and as long as it makes her happy that's great she's been alone for so long and she deserves a little bit of happiness however fleeting it may be
>>35258173
>Why do vegans hate nature?
>eating the recommended "healthier" foods -- a mix of fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood
>vegans
>dairy and seafood
>Lots of common vegetables require more resources per calorie than you would think.
>per calorie
i don't think any vegan would ever suggest that you should get all your calories from eggplants, or celery, or cucumbers, because that would mean eating a massive amount. there are plenty of calorie dense vegan foods, like starchy vegetables, nuts, and grains.
but pls explain how growing plants is bad for the environment.
>>35262364
ummm... pic unrelated.
>>35262364
>fertilizer
Unless you're growing your own vegetables or buying from a farmers market, in which then good for you.
>>35260034
>The plant-based diet is widely regarded by the medical community to be the optimal diet for health purposes.
Bullshit
>In fact, the plant-based diet is the only diet that gets to claim that it can prevent and reverse heart disease, as it has been clinically proven.
>What is an omnivorous diet
>>35258173
The truth is, the best way to care about the environment is to have less children. If we reduced the world population to just 1 billion people, or even less, we'd not be putting such a strain on nature.
Hell, having less people would also mean that mass producing shit wouldn't exactly fly, so we'd really fix all our problems in one single go.
>>35262617
Would be easy too. If every couple only has 1 child we'd cut the population by half per generation.
Well that's one hilariously awful study.
>>35258173
>>35260034
You don't understand,what he means is a vegan diet cant be balanced as it only consists of vegetables.
>>35262772
Muh appeal to nature.
Gtfo inbred
>>35262772
yeah and you are gonna eat that whats your point?
>>35262364
And yet so many vegans compare foods on a per calorie basis.
>>35263214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOSwH2tyZQ
