We had the low carbohydrate, the low protein and the low calorie diet and the pineapple and drinking man’s diet and many others. Now we have the low Carbon (Footprint) Diet which considers the well being of the world rather than the individual.
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Wikipedia defines it as
making choices about eating that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) as a response to estimates that the U.S. food system is responsible for at least 20 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases
and identifies the focus areas as
- selecting low carbon foods
- reducing animal protein intake
- evaluating transport energy
- understanding processing, packaging and loss
While a number of issues like reducing loss, selecting non hot house food, eating local and reducing cooking energy inputs seem to be obvious things to do – there is a lot of debate and an the overall impact needs to always be understood.
There is a calculator that allows one to compare different dishes and meals.
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