The role of diet in meeting future food demand
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The documents discuss the role of diet in meeting future global food demand. Modifying diets could help close yield gaps to feed a growing population. Traditionally, increasing production through technology was viewed as the solution, but diets require significant land and water use. Shifting toward plant-based diets that require less land and have lower environmental impacts may help balance future demand and sustainable food production. However, changing diets involves overcoming cultural and economic factors. Combining improved agricultural practices, sustainable resource use, reduced food waste, and moderate diets adapted to local needs may provide a balanced approach to feed the world into the future.
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- 1. THE ROLE OF THE DIET AS A KEY TO FEED THE FUTURE P O L I T E C N I C O D I M I L A N O E N V I R O N M E N TA L & L A N D P L A N N I N G E N G I N E E R I N G W AT E R & F O O D S E C U R I T Y C O U R S E ( A . Y. 1 6 / 1 7 ) M A R I A J O S E A R R E B O L A M O N T E A G U D O A N D R E S J O S E C U B E R L I P O OYA N M I R H E I D A R I
- 2. THE ROLE OF THE DIET AS A KEY TO FEED THE FUTURE T W O R E P O R T S 1 . M O D E R AT I N G D I E T T O F E E D T H E F U T U R E ( Ky l e f . D a v i s , P a o l o D ’ O d o r i c o , a n d M a r i a C r i s t i n a R u l l i ) 2 . H U M A N A P P R O P I AT I O N O F L A N D F O R F O O D : T H E R O L E O F D I E T ( Pe t e r A l e x a n d e r, C a l u m B r o w n , A l m u t A r n e t h , J o h n F i n n i g a n )
- 3. SCENARIO BASED OF LAST REPORTS WE HAVE SEEN: Population will reach the maximum in approx. 100 years
- 4. SOME SOLUTIONS WHERE PROPOSSED • Demand - Democratic transition model - Changing diet • Supply - Closing gaps in agriculture(efficiency) - Increase production (i.e more land cultivated) - MGO - expanding aquaculture - reducing waste - …..
- 5. BUT… WHAT HAS BEEN DONE UNTIL NOW? WHAT EXTEND HAVE THESE SOLUTIONS? IT IS POSSIBLE TO DRIVE THEM FROM THEORY TO PRACTISE TO STOP THE INEVITABLE FUTURE?
- 6. TRADITIONAL APPROACH: ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY FOOD SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY - Closing yield gaps - Increase land DEMAND
- 8. WHAT CAN BE “?” Combination of 1.Agricultural intensification 2. Increasing resource use efficiency and sustanability 3. Reducing food waste 4. Moderating diets
- 9. MODERATING DIET TO FEED THE FUTURE REPORT Analyse yield gap closures with different scenarios of diet and biofuel use on meeting current and future demand • Considerations of the study: - Different diets’ requirement (conversion from plant to animal calories ) - Domestic crop production (self-sufficiency country scale ) - Gap closures for 16 major food crops - Moderate diet as 3.000kcal/cap/d 20% animal
- 10. RESULTS • SCENARIO 1: year 2003 DEMAND +3.94 BP Production (complete yield gap closure) FOOD SYSTEM Population growth Biofuel demand waste Diet demand
- 11. RESULTS • SCENARIO II: year 2030 DEMAND - 1.23 BP Production (complete yield gap closure) FOOD SYSTEM Population growth Biofuel demand waste Diet demand
- 12. RESULTS • SCENARIO III: year 2030 DEMAND - 0.23 BP Production (complete yield gap closure) FOOD SYSTEM Population growth Biofuel demand waste Global Adequate Diet
- 13. RESULTS • SCENARIO IV: year 2050 FOOD SYSTEM Population growth Biofuel demand waste Global Adequate Diet DEMAND Production (complet yield gap closure) COMBINATION OF SOLUTIONS
- 15. THE ROLE OF DIET: DIFFERENCES AND REQUIREMENTS W H Y T H E D I E T I S A K E Y P O I N T I N M E E T I N G D E M A N D ?
- 16. HUMAN APPROPRIATION OF LAND FOR FOOD T H E R O L E O F D I E T
- 17. INCREASE IN DIETS REQUIRE LAND AND WATER
- 20. HOW PAST AND PRESENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DIET IMPACT ON GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LAND USE •Rising in population •Changing the diet
- 21. CHANGING THE DIET •Increase wealth •Urbanisation •Globalising food commodity markets
- 22. INCREASING WEALTH • Consuming commodities that are more land intensive • EXAMPLE : • Meat • Milk
- 23. CHANGING DIETS HAVE HUMAN HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS • Loss of previous land cover • Biodiversity loss • GHG emission ( 10% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions) • Rising global rates of obesity • Contributes to associated disease • EXAMPLE : diabetes and heart attacks
- 24. THERE ARE METHODS TO MEASURETHE IMPACT •HALF •NATIONAL LAND FOOTPRINT •FCR
- 25. HALF INDEX •Expresses the land area required for the global population to consume a particular diet
- 26. FCR FEED CONVERSION RATIO • Estimates the animal feed requirement Express in terms of dry matter of feed per animal live weight
- 27. NATIONAL LAND FOOTPRINTS CALCULATES •Based on domestic production •Land displaced through international trade
- 28. National land footprint Same as HALF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
- 29. METHOD
- 30. ALLOCATING AREAS FOR FOOD COMMODITIES •Three categories of use •Food for human consumption •Animal feed •Non-food related uses
- 33. MULTIPLE COMMODITIES PRODUCE FROM A SINGLE CROP • Processed oil crop areas were divided equally between the resulting oil food and biofuel • Seed meals or cakes livestock feed
- 34. ALLOCATING AREAS FOR ANIMAL FEED AND PASTURE MONOGASTRIC LIVESTOCK • Poultry – pigs • Solely from feed RUMINANT ANIMALS • Cattle – sheep • Feed and grazed pasture
- 35. IN THE ABSENCE OF PRODUCTION INTENSIFICATION • The average energy consumed per capita globally is 11.9 MJ/person/day, while in the USA the average is 16.6 MJ/person/day, i.e. 40% more.Therefore, if the current global profile commodities remained unchanged, but the energy consumed increased to that of the USA, 40% more land would be required for production,
- 36. RESULTS
- 37. EXAMPLE • Total agricultural area in 2011 4484 mha • Cropland 871 mha • Animal products 3700 mha( 497 mha for cropland/ 3203 mha pasture) • Remaining cropland was used for biofuels • HALF index 35.1
- 38. DIFFERENCES IN HALF VALUES IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES • Example : • The global adoption of the diet in the USA would require over 6 times the agricultural area that adoption of the diet in India, with a HALF index of 97.7 compared to India’s
- 39. HIGHEST AND LOWEST HALF VALUES HIGHEST • New Zealand,Argentina , Australia • 135.8 , 114.9 , 112.2 LOWEST • Mozambique , Liberia , Bangladesh • Bellow 11.5
- 41. THE GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL LAND REQUIRED HAS INCREASED BY 8.7% DUE TO DIETARY CHANGES,
- 42. EXAMPLE • The land required for the diet in Brazil more than doubled between 1961 and 2011, from 43.5 to 88.2, making it the eleventh highest ranked country globally in 2011. However, the Chinese diet’s HALF increased nearly 5-times, from 6.0 in 1961 (the lowest at that period), to 28.6 (but still below the global average).
- 43. DIETARY LAND REQUIREMENT HAVE BEEN FALLING IN USA , UK • Falling proportional nutrients from animal products • Shift in the mix of animal products consumed • Even though protein and energy consumption continue to rise
- 44. INCREASE THE USE OF VEGETAL OILS • In USA from 9.6% in 1961 to 19.2% by 2011 • Over 55% increase in energy consumed in USA • Other sweeteners for 26% • Poultry meat for 18% rise
- 45. LOWER HALF IN CHINA COMPARED TO ITS GLOBAL VALUES • High rate of monogastric animal consumption • Lower land requirement • Lower feed conversion
- 46. RISE IN GLOBAL HALF IS ALSO MODEST • Consumption of bovine meat is constant • Consumption of poultry and pig meat had substantial rise • From 1961 to 2011 • Poultry : 399% rise • Pig : 91% rise
- 47. HALF IS: HOW MUCH EARTH WOULD WE NEED IF WE ADOPT … DIET AS A % OF WORLD TOTAL LAND (13’009 MHA)
- 48. SO WHY?S O M E NATIO NS RE Q U IRE M ORE LA ND THA N OTHE RS
- 49. MORE DENSE POPULATION, LESS LAND FOR CULTIVES
- 50. HALF (%) DEPENDS ON… DENSITY?
- 51. HALF (%) DEPENDS ON… AVAILABLE LAND?
- 52. HALF (%) DEPENDS ON… HECTARES PER PERSON?
- 54. UNCERTAINTIES IN MODEL GRASS-FED COUNTRIES HIGH YIELD COUNTRIES ESTIMATED FCR’S
- 57. WHAT WE EAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT HOW MUCH BUT THERE ARE OTHERS FACTORS…
- 68. COMPETITION FOR LANDBIO- ENERGY FOOD ENERGY FORESTRY 13’000 MHa (Millions of hectares) Including snow-covered areas, deserts, urbanised, …) 4’484 MHa
- 69. IT’S POSSIBLE TO BRING THE THEORY TO THE PRACTICE? ARE WE WILLING TO CHANGE?
- 70. TRIVIA TIM E I T ’ S
- 79. HAVE A LOOK INTO NATURE
- 80. Incisors + Canines = 12 Incisors = 8 à 65% Canines = 4 à 35%
- 81. • 3000 kCal/day @ 20% animal protein (according to ‘Moderating Diets…’ paper) • Reduce waste as much as possible (Remember war & scarcity times!) • Don’t eat exagerately (Remember “Gluttony” deadly-sin in Occ. culture) KEY IS ON BALANCE
Editor's Notes
- If the present growth trends in world population, industrialization, pollution and food production and resource depletion continue without any change the limits of growth will be reached in the next 100 years and will lead a collapse where the population and industrialization decline. So there will be a moment not very far away when the population will reach the maximun size allow by the resources.
- Some questions come to us
- Until now to no constrain population growth, humanity has innovate and adopt new technologies to meet demand and it is predicted to do so increasing the ceiling of resources until the population will stabilizes as an effect of demographic and development drives.
- As population growth, change in the diet and the demand of biodiesel is pressuring the global food system we will have to meet higher demands so increasing the production of crop won’t be sufficient to meet the future demand.
- There are 4 main solutions and implies supply solutions and also demand solutions.
- Calculate what extend fertilizers and irrigation can increase the ability of global crop production to support the world’s population in the mid-century and examine the effect of moderating diet combining with closing yield gap have in meeting future demands
- Under the current scenario of waste, diet and biodiesel use for year 2000 having a complete yield gap closure 3.94 billion people aditional to the 5.83 billion people stimated currently can be feeded. And the population in 2030 that is estimated around 8.42 and population in 2050 estimated in 9.55 billion people. But this is not considering the future demand on diet and biodiesel and the rate of the gap closure can occur. This lead to the second scenario ¿what can happen with the estimations for 2030)
- Under the current scenario of waste, diet and biodiesel use for year 2000 having a complete yield gap closure 3.94 billion people aditional to the 5.83 billion people stimated currently can be feeded. And the population in 2030 that is estimated around 8.42 and population in 2050 estimated in 9.55 billion people. But this is not considering the future demand on diet and biodiesel and the rate of the gap closure can occur. This lead to the second scenario ¿what can happen with the estimations for 2030)
- Under the current scenario of waste, diet and biodiesel use for year 2000 having a complete yield gap closure 3.94 billion people aditional to the 5.83 billion people stimated currently can be feeded. And the population in 2030 that is estimated around 8.42 and population in 2050 estimated in 9.55 billion people. But this is not considering the future demand on diet and biodiesel and the rate of the gap closure can occur. This lead to the second scenario ¿what can happen with the estimations for 2030)
- The combination of this two approaches can largely meet demands to mid century and that minimazing the use of crop-based biofuels futher improve the Outlook.
- The report also determine the countries which are currently most dependent on imported calories by comparing the numer of people that can be potentially supported by the domestic production. In some cases moderated diets can serve to meet nation’s calorie demand domestically. When diets are adequate globally a greater numer of countries can achive self-suffiency in terms of calorie-production so the result is greater food security globally
- GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. AFTER MY COLLEAGUE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE METHODS AND RESULTS IN THIS STUDY, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT WE CAN’T CONTINUE IN THIS TREND OF DEPLETING OUR RESOURCES AND PUTTING IN RISK OUR FOOD SECURITY AS A WHOLE HUMANKIND. NOW WE’RE GOING TO PRESENT SOME CONCLUSSIONS AND INVITE YOU TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE WE KNOW, AT THIS POINT, THAT HALF COULD BE INTERPRETATED AS HOW MUCH EARTH WOULD WE NEED IF WE ADOPT THE DIET OF FOR EXAMPLE ITALY, NIGERIA OR MEXICO
- FIRSTLY, I’VE ASKED MYSELF: WHY HALF INDEX DIFFER BETWEEN NATIONS SO WIDELY. THE FIRST THING CAME TO MY MIND WAS THIS: I COME FROM ARGENTINA, THAT ALONG WITH AUSTRALIA ARE BOTH IN THE TOP OF THE RANKING FOR LAND USE FOR FOOD PRODUCTION. THOSE COUNTRIES SHARE SOMETHING IN COMMON: LOTS OF LAND, WHERE YOU CAN JUST LET THE CATTLE FEED THEMSELVES, AND VERY LITTLE POPULATION DENSITY. IF SOMEONE IT’S FAMILIARIZED WITH PATAGONIA (SOUTH OF ARGENTINA) THE ROUGH FIGURES SAY THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON IN A WHOLE SQUARE KILOMETER. IMAGINE A GUY STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND COMPARE WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SUCH AS JAPAN, INDIA OR HERE IN EUROPE.
- SO MY HYPOTHESIS WAS: MORE DENSE POPULATION, LESS LAND FOR CULTIVES, SO LESS HALF INDEX AT THE CONTRARY, LESS DENSITY, MORE LAND, MORE HALF INDEX AFTER THIS, I PUT SOME NUMBERS FROM F.A.O. AND UNITED NATIONS INTO AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET AND FOUND THAT…
- ACTUALLY THERE IS NO RELATION BETWEEN THE INDEX AND HOW MUCH POPULATED IS A PIECE OF LAND YOU CAN SEE THE R SQUARED PARAMETER
- THEN I THOUGHT, OK, IT WOULD BE CORRELATED THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE LAND TO CULTIVE CROPS, AND SURPRISINGLY, NOR RELATION OBSERVED
- FINALLY, SAID ”OK” MAYBE THERE IS A COMBINATION OF HOW CROWDED IS A POPULATION AND HOW MUCH LAND IS AVAILABLE TO AGRICULTURE. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CORRELATION THAN PRECEDENTS, AGAIN WITH A 10% FIT WE CAN’T CONCLUDE ANYTHING
- SO IN CONCLUSSION, THERE ARE LOTS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE HALF INDEX WITHIN A COUNTRY, THAT IS HOW MUCH THE WHOLE HUMANITY WOULD NEED IF THEY ADOPT A PARTICULAR DIET. THERE ARE CULTURAL FACTORS, HOW THINGS EVOLVED AMONG TIME –THAT IS HISTORY– DIFFERENT CLIMATES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE AVAILABLE FARMING TECHNOLOGIES, AMONG OTHERS FACTORS. ONE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT IS THE GDP, OR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA. WE KNOW BY BENNET’S LAW, THAT MORE WELFARE THERE IS IN A SOCIETY, MORE EAGER FOR MEAT AND DIARY PRODUCTS
- ACCORDING TO THE PAPER ITSELF, THERE ARE ALSO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE DATA ANALYSIS DUE TO THE IMPLIED ASSUMPTIONS, LIKE GLOBAL AVERAGING OF PARAMETERS. MAIN ARE: COUNTRIES WHICH RELIES IN GRASSLAND AND BEEF PRODUCTION TEND TO HAVE A GREATER INDEX AS COUNTRIES WITH HIGH YIELD AGRICULTURE ARE SHOWN TO HAVE HIGHER LAND APPROPIATION INDEX THAN ITS REAL AGRICULTURAL FOOTPRINT ANOTHER FACT IS THAT FEED CONVERSION RATE OF LIVESTOCK IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE
- THESE PICTURES ARE JUST DEPICTING…A TRADITIONAL SET OF INDIAN DISHES, WITH PREDOMINANT RICE AND VEGETABLES.
- AND A TYPICAL ARGENTINIAN BARBECUE OR “ASADO”, WHERE ROUGHLY HALF KILO OF BEEF MEAT IS CALCULATED PER PERSON PLUS GRILLED VEGETABLES SIDERS PERSONALLY I THINK WE COULD FIND A GREAT TASTE IN BOTH MEALS, SINCE THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATER AND LAND FOOTPRINT EACH OTHER
- APART FROM THAT, THE CONCLUSSION OF THE STUDY IS THAT WHAT WE EAT IS MORE RELEVANT THAT HOW MUCH IN OTHER WORDS, THE PROFILE OF COMMODITIES USED IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE IN-TAKE QUANTITIES GIVEN THIS FACT, WE ALSO SHOULD CONSIDER NOW OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS FOOD ISSUE WE’RE PRESENTING
- AS WE SEE IN THIS SIMPLIFIED EQUATION, TOTAL CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY –THUS LAND REQUIRED-, IS A SUM OF THREE COMPONENTS: THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WE TAKE AS HUMANS, ROUGHLY 2300 KCAL/DAY/PERSON THE FOOD THAT WE HARVEST OR PROCESS BUT IS WASTED ALONG THE CHAIN, FROM FARMING TO OVEREATING AND THE LAND WHICH IS DEVOTED TO BIOFUELS PRODUCTION, AN INCREASING TREND NOWADAYS
- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WE TAKE AS HUMANS, THE MAIN PROBLEM OUR WORLD IS FACING IS THE INEQUALITIES BETWEEN THOSE WHO CANNOT REACH THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF ENERGY IN THEIR INTAKE, THEREFORE UNDERNOURISHED; AND THOSE WHO EAT ABOVE THE LINE AND FALL INTO OVERWIGHT GROUP. AS IN THIS INFOGRAPHY FROM BARILLA CENTER FOR FOOD & NUTRITION, BASED ON FAO AND WHO DATA, 36 AND 29 MILLIONS PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF LACK OF FOOD AND OBESITY RELATED DESEASES, RESPECTIVELY. TWO ENTIRES COUNTRIES DISAPPEAR EACH YEAR! ANOTHER SHOCKING FIGURE: IN A 7 BILLION POPULATION PLANET, ALMOST 1 IS UNDERNOURISHED AND 1 AND A HALF OVERWEIGHTED
- IN THIS MAP, COUNTRIES WITH SERIOUS PREVALENCE OF OBESITY ARE DEPICTED WITH DARK RED.
- WHILE IN THIS ONE, DARK ZONES REPRESENT WHICHONES CHILD MALNUTRITION IS A HARM. THESE INCLUDE SUB-SAHARIAN AFRICA AND NORTHERN INDIA. AND IN A LESS DEGREE LATIN AMERICA
- A LITTLE PIECE OF CARTOON JUST TO ILLUSTRATE, HOW THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN POVERTY CAN VARY ACROSS SOCIETIES.
- CONTINUING WITH OUR ANALYSIS, ANOTHER FACTOR TO CONSIDER IS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE WE PRODUCE
- FOOD WASTE IS A NON DESIRABLE CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEGRADABLE NATURE OF ALIMENTS. ALONG THE CYCLE, WE CAN HAVE LOSSES IN THE PRODUCTION STAGE, THE RETAIL CHAIN OR EVEN IN THE CONSUMER SIDE. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THIS CONCERN, IS THAT IN THE FIRST ONES, MORE LOSSES ARE ACCOUNTED DUE TO FAILS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, WHILE CONSUMER SIDE WASTING IS NEAR TO ZERO. IN THE OTHER HAND, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -WICH HAVE A HIGH EFFICENCY CHAIN- SHOW MISGUIDED CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, WITH WASTING RATES AS MUCH AS 40% IN SOME CASES. A NOTE APART IS THAT IN OUR ANALYSIS, WE SHOULD INCLUDE THE PROBLEM OF EATING ABOVE OUR NECESITIES. WE KNOW THAT FAT STORAGE MECHANISM IS EVIDENT BUT AT LOW RATES. SO ANY AMOUNT OF FOOD WE EAT BUT OUR BODY DOESN’T NEED, JUST LET IT AWAY TO THE SEWAGE, AND ALSO IT IS CONSIDERED AS A WASTE OF FOOD AS WE NEEDED TO ASSIGN RESOURCES (WATER, LAND) TO PRODUCE IT. ALL THINGS SAID, STUDIES SAY THAT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF FOOD WASTE ARISES TO A THIRD OF TOTAL PRODUCTION.
- MORE AND MORE COUNTRIES TAKE NOTICE OF THIS ISSUE AND PERFORM CAMPAIGNS TO SAVE FOOD, AS WE CAN SEE IN THIS USA PROPAGANDA
- …OR THIS BRITISH AD ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DON’T BE BANANA AND ONLY BUY WHAT YOU NEED WHEN DOING THEIR SHOPPING
- THE LAST BUT NOT LESS IMPORTANT FACTOR WE MUST TO CONSIDER, IS THE LAND OCCUPIED BY BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, MAINLY THOSE OF FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS
- WE ACTUALLY SEE A GLOBAL TREND OF COMPETITION FOR LAND. THAT’S SAID, FOR THE 13.000 MILLION HECTARES WE HAVE AS EARTH, INCLUDING SNOW COVERED AND DESERTS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A SMART DISTRIBUTION FOR: FOOD PRODUCTION, BIOFUEL COMMITTED LAND, AND ALSO MAKE A BALANCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF FORESTS WE NEED TO DIMINISH GREENHOUSE EFFECT.
- AT THIS POINT, MORELESS WE KNOW THAT: WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR DIETS IN ORDER TO MEET FUTURE DEMAND WHAT WE EAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT HOW MUCH AND MALNOURISHMENT, OBESITY, FOOD WASTE AND BIOENERGIES ARE ISSUES ALSO PLAY THEIR ROLE IN THIS MAJOR CONCERN BUT…AT WHICH COST WE ARE PROUD TO CHANGE OUR FATE…IT IS POSSIBLE TO BRING THE THEORY TO THE PRACTICE?
- LET’S DO A LITTLE EXPERIMENT ALLTOGETHER… SUPPOSE THAT A POLIMI STAFF COMES TO YOU AND SAY…THAT UNIVERSITY WILL PAY FOR YOUR FOOD, UNTIL THE END OF YOUR MASTERS, BUT WITH A LITTLE CONSTRAINT: YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE AND ONLY ONE OF THE MEALS I WILL SHOW YOU. LET’S GO TO THE GAME…
- CREPES, STRAWBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES VEGETABLES SOUP STEMED CARROT BREAD VINEGARDED BEETS
- A MORE SPESE SOUP, MAYBE WITH TOMATOS LEMON GRILLED PEPERONIS CEREAL BREAD RICE HERBS SHRIMPS
- FATTY AND DELICIOUS COOKIE FRUIT SALAD FRIED CHICKEN WITH KETCHUP SAUCE PEAS MASHED POTATOES
- SMASHED POTATEOS BUT WITH SAUSAGES SAUCE “JAM” MAYBE BITTERSWEET CREPS ONION SALAD
- BROCOLIES SAULTED PEPERONIS MILKY SAUCE RICE, CHEES, HERBS ONION CARROT SALAD WITH SAUCE
- CEREAL BREAD, SALAD, BAKED POTATOES, CHICKEN OR PORK WITH HERBS RICE WITH BEANS
- ALREADY MADE YOUR CHOICE? OK, WE GO INTO THE SIMULATOR
- SO AFTER THIS LITTLE EXPERIMENT, WE KNOW THAT THE KEY IS IN OUR DIET, AND A SHIFT TOWARDS MORE SUSTAINABLE HABITS ARE ESSENTIAL TO REACH OUR GOALS AS HUMANITY. AFTERWARDS, A COMMON DEBATE IN OUR NOWADAYS SOCIETY IS TWO-SIDED BETWEEN VEGETARIANS AND MEAT DEFENDERS. LET’S SEE WHAT ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID: “LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE, AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER”
- SO FOLLOW HIS WORDS AND HAVE A LOOK…
- AS HUMAN SPECIES, OMNIVOROUS BY DEFINITION, WE HAVE 12 FRONTAL TEETH, CONSIDERING 8 INCISORS FOR “CRUNCHING” AND TEARING VEGETABLES AND 4 CANINES TO “TEAR” MEAT… IF WE DO THE MATHS, ITS OBVIOUS THAT NATURE DESIGNED US TO EAT 65% VEGETABLES AND 35% MEAT BUT…WHAT THE HELL ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THIS CONCLUSSION IS OBVIOUSLY WEIRD AND NOT SCIENTIFICAL AT ALL
- WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE KEY IS ON BALANCE A 3000 KCAL PER DAY WITH 20% OF ANIMAL PROTEIN CONSUMPTION, ACCORDING TO THE PAPER PRESENTED BUT ONLY IF WE ARE WISE OF FOOD WASTE ISSUE. WE SHOULD LEARN FROM OUR GRANDPARENTS, WHOSE NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO (I MEAN HERE IN EUROPE) HAD TO DEAL WITH SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES DUE TO THE WARS, AND MANAGED TO TAKE ADVANTANGE OF EVERY GRAM OF RAW FOOD. AND FINALLY, PLEASE DON’T EAT EXAGERATELY JUST BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT YOU GET FAT OR THE EXCESS OF FOOD IS DISCARDED. REMEMBER IN OCCIDENTAL CULTURE ONE OF THE DEADLY SINS IS JUST THE GLUTTONY