To follow the planetary diet ?

[hopefulhalf]

www.bpas.org/
It doesn't strike me as particularly difficult or very very different to how we eat now. If it is best for health and the planet why not at least try to follow it ?

I think you have posted the wrong link

eatforum.org/learn-and-discover/the-planetary-health-diet/

Your links arent working. Perhaps post more about the actual diet and why its positive for the planet.

It's mostly vegetarian with chicken and fish up to twice weekly. A burger, steak or equivilent red meat once a month. Lots of fruit, veg and legumes with a healthy dose of whole grains.

do you mean this? the flexitarian diet to feed 10bn - easy imo for almost everyone.
or this? Plant-based diet can fight climate change - UN - a bit more difficult for most.

I was idley googling last night, to see how many nuts you need for a decent amoung of protien and came across this. People were saying how it was a massive change to Western eating habits, I thought not really, for me it would be just a minor tweak.

It looks a bit like trying to slap a trendy label onto 'eating less meat' which is fine, that is how I like to eat and I think it's a good, simple balance.

What I personally want is a bit more information about eating crops more responsibly. I know a lot of the trendy vegan staples such as cashews, avocados and almonds can be terrible in their own way for the environment, so it would be good to see some education on local and seasonal foods, and about the impact of crops such as deforestation, human impacts, monocultures and soil, airmiles etc but in a more scientific way (I don't think the current information about palm oil has been presented very well at all).

Noone can be perfect but it's nice to have the tools to try and be better.

It looks a bit like trying to slap a trendy label onto 'eating less meat'

Agree with this. It's the kind of rebranding that leaves me absolutely cold, but if it appeals to others that's fine.

It seems also very similar to the Mediterranean diet, which has been recommended for ages because it is better for health.

And of course not unrelated to the basic consistent message of 'eat more fruit and veg' (for you health) 'eat more that's locally produced' (for the planet) that's been around for ages too.

I think this is what people are calling veganish, a few vegan meals a week, reduced dairy etc, though a lot of the hardcore vegans are very unhappy about 'their label being co-opted this way.

Like has been said above, what I want is more info on the impact of my food choices, like is my almond milk really having less impact compared than cow milk from the supermarket? That's the kind of thing they need to start putting on packaging. How you'd measure it all though would be immensely complicated.

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Exactly @Pukkatea

Eating local seasonal produce is almost certainly going to be better for the planet than being an ideological vegan and fuelling deforestation, water shortages etc by eating avocados, nuts etc from far flung places. The more education/ communication on this front the better.

This year I'm trying vegan 2x week and limiting meat/ fish to 2x portions a week on the other 5 days. Only 6 days in but it should hopefully only be a tweak on my normal approach. Just thought trying full vegan twice a week would help to naturally reduce dairy and force me to try some new recipes - but it will definitely be based on local veg and not environmentally suspect alternatives. Surprisingly my two teens are quite keen to try this too. We'll see how it goes!

Veganish 🙄

What's wrong with veganish inwood?

Copping a hard line, fundamentalist attitude towards this is turning people off even trying, so why not be encouraging? Jack Monroe even has a new cook book out with this as a title so its happening.

I mean, you can call it the planetary diet or veganish, whatever, as long as people are trying and moving forward what's the harm? Perfection is the enemy of good after all.