health and fitness: How to eat healthy and save the planet

lundi 29 juin 2015

How to eat healthy and save the planet

As dietitians increasingly focus on the environment, they’re finding that what’s better for the earth is usually also better for the body

Dietitians and the food industry are awaiting the US Department of Agriculture’s highly anticipated new dietary guidelines by the end of this year with one key question in mind: will they include environmental considerations?

The USDA updates its guidelines on what’s healthy for Americans to eat and what’s not every five years. This year, for the first time, the USDA’s advisory panel recommended that those guidelines should also include sustainability. The government agency is being asked to factor in whether or not a food is good for the plant when deciding whether its healthy.