The two biggest changes that we as individuals can make in order to better the planet are to fly less and to have a more eco-friendly diet. If you are trying to do the latter, you might well find yourself wondering what it actually entails, or what it is that you are going to need to do and how. In this post, we are going to attempt to elucidate this for you and try to show you exactly what it means to have a diet that is good for the planet. Hopefully, this will inspire you to make the necessary changes in due course.
Less Meat
The first thing to do is to try and eat less meat. Meat is one of the great polluters, and the less of it you eat, the less that you are personally harming the planet. Some meats are certainly worse than others in this regard, so it might be a good idea to start with those ones if you like: for instance, beef is pretty much the biggest offender, whereas fish and poultry are somewhat less so. However, the best way is to simply cut out all meat or to minimize how much of it you are eating at least if you think you can do that.
More Local Produce
Without that meat, you will of course mostly be eating fruit and veg, and that is a great step forwards for many reasons. However, you also need to take care with this, as you need to ensure that you are sourcing your produce from the right places. What are the right places? Quite simply, you need to source produce from as local to you as possible. The more locally grown the food is, the less of an impact on the planet it has had.
You will probably find that there are plenty of foods you can find grown locally and therefore plenty of meals that you can cook from those foods. You might want to learn to cook some veggie meals to make this easier, such as oven-roasted cauliflower with parmesan for example. The more you have in your repertoire, the easier this is all going to be.
The Issue Of Dairy
If you want to go even further, then it might be an idea to look into reducing your dairy intake as well, as this is one of the biggest offenders too. It is quite challenging to go fully vegan, but you can easily do it if you have set your sights on it and you are keen to work at it as necessary. The thing with dairy is that it can be surprisingly ubiquitous, which is why you will find your whole diet changing if you do get rid of it. On the other hand, you will be doing wonders for the planet, so that is absolutely something that you are going to want to bear in mind.
Those are just some of the major things to try out if you want to change your diet for the good of the planet.
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