95% of Americans don't get the minimum recommended amount of fiber
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I used to be uninterested in foods like broccoli, apples, oranges, and blueberries, but after a transition period I love them and have them every day. I’d like to hear anyone’s story who’s also been able to integrate more of these foods.
YSK to lose weight, fill up with foods low in caloric density and high in fiber, like fruits and vegetables. This can trigger satiety without the overload of calories and beats going hungry long term.
YSK to lose weight, fill up with foods low in caloric density and high in fiber, like fruits and vegetables. This can trigger satiety without the overload of calories and beats going hungry long term. - Lemmy.World
Why YSK: many countries [https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight] have issues with weight, such as mine with 74% [https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm] of US adults being overweight or obese. The global weight loss industry is over $200 billion [https://wifitalents.com/statistic/weight-loss-industry/] yearly, with many influencers, pills, and surgeries promising quick results with little effort. These often come with side effects, or don’t work long term. Studies suggest filling yourself with foods low in caloric density and high in fiber, like fruits [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19413705/] and vegetables [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6266069/], can help reach and maintain a healthy weight. It’s good to have these foods available in our living spaces to make the choice easy. Your taste buds will likely adapt [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523120995] to love them if you’re not there yet.
Eating Our Way to Extinction takes us on an adventure to multiple different countries, exploring the impacts of our eating choices on our climate and the environment. With Kate Winslet narrating, beautiful drone footage, and an original score, it’s the most powerful documentary on the environment I’ve ever seen.
For those that have seen it - what did you think?
Eating Our Way to Extinction (2021) - narrated by Kate Winslet, this powerful documentary explains how food is the #1 factor destroying the environment and how we can reduce our impact by 75%.
I'm never eating another cow again
Anyone who's serious about sustainability should change to a plant-based diet
Anyone who's serious about sustainability should change to a plant-based diet - Lemmy.World
Studies have shown the best way for us to reduce deforestation, land use, fresh water use, eutrophication, and biodiversity loss is to change from omnivore diets to plant-based diets. This is because animal agriculture is the leading driver of all of these factors, and switching to a plant-based diet can reduce them by as much as 75% (example source 1 [https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00795-w], 2 [https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00343-4], 3 [https://josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf]). Per the FAO, animal agriculture also emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. We need to protect what is left of our biodiversity and change the way we interact with the environment. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states we’ve lost an estimated 69% [https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/] of wild animals in the past 50 years, with losses as high as 94% in places like Latin America. We’ve already changed the world so much that 96% [https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1711842115] of mammalian biomass is now humans and our livestock. One of the most common rebuttals to the above is a plant-based diet isn’t healthy, and therefore isn’t a viable solution for sustainability. In fact, it can be a major improvement over what many in the west are currently eating. My country (USA) gets 150-200% of the protein we require and only 5% [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6124841/] hit the recommended minimum daily fiber intake. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the largest nutritional body in the world with over 112,000 experts, and its position [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27886704/] is a plant-based diet is healthy for all stages of life and can reduce the chances of getting the top chronic diseases, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and certain cancers. Corporations and governments won’t lead the charge alone against the status quo, so it’s important that we as consumers take responsibility at the same time. This does not include the rare exceptions, such as people who have no other choice, hunt/fish overpopulated animals, or otherwise. Since only a few hundred million (vertebrate) animals are hunted/non-commercially fished each year, whereas hundreds of billions [https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-animals-get-slaughtered-every-day] are commercially farmed and fished, this post is in regards to the latter 99%. Also, if it’s between reducing by, say, 90% or not reducing at all, the prior is clearly preferred. The dominant diets in developed nations are based on societal and behavioral norms, but are far from optimal. It’s true that diet is a personal choice, so I hold it is better to choose a diet that is much more sustainable than what we’re currently eating. Since we’re in the midst of earth’s 6th mass extinction, it’s time for us to step up and take responsibility for our own impact.
Eating Our Way to Extinction takes us on an adventure to multiple different countries, exploring the impacts of our eating choices on our climate and the environment. With Kate Winslet narrating, beautiful drone footage, and an original score, it’s the most powerful documentary on the environment I’ve ever seen.
For those that have seen it - what did you think?