Day 3: Reading (Plant-based eating diet)

Today, I read about why we should have a plant-based eating diet. The data that shocked me most showed that livestock industry is one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions in the world. It is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all cars, buses, planes and trains combined. By reducing our consumption of animal products by one month, we would reduce our personal carbon footprint by a considerable amount.

The assumption that a new car emits an average of about 122.4 grams of CO2 per km
Vegan for 30 days: 62.5 kg CO2 (or driving about 510 km)
Vegetarian for 30 days: 44.4 kg CO2 (or driving about 360 km)
Reducetarian for 30 days: 22.2 kg CO2 (or driving about 180 km)

Thus, a plant-based diet can help reduce greenhouse gases greatly, as well as preserve water and land, save lives. From today I will start a transition from a vegetarian diet of at least 4 days a week to a vegetarian diet of 6 days a week.  Vegetarian day 1: get！

Reference：

E. Hallstrom, A. Carlsson-Kanyama, P. Borjesson. (2015). Environmental impact of dietary change: a systematic review. Journal of Cleaner Production 91 1-11.
Scarborough, P., P. N. Appleby, A. Mizdrak, et al. (2014): Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK. Climatic Change 125(2), 179–192. doi:10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1
Abejón, R., L. Batlle-Bayer, J. Laso, et al. (2020): Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context. Foods 9(11), Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 1677. doi:10.3390/foods9111677
Springmann, M., L. Spajic, M. A. Clark, et al. (2020): The healthiness and sustainability of national and global food based dietary guidelines: modelling study. BMJ m2322. doi:10.1136/bmj.m2322 doi:10.1136/bmj.m2322