{"id":8805,"date":"2020-03-04T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drjohnomahony.com\/?p=8805"},"modified":"2020-03-05T19:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T19:52:29","slug":"the-problem-with-green-diet-guideline-may-lie-in-its-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/2020\/03\/04\/the-problem-with-green-diet-guideline-may-lie-in-its-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"The Problem with \u201cGreen\u201d Diet Guideline May Lie in its Affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Climate science has been a major talking point, and a source of the major controversy in 2019. Sceptics and supporters have gone head-to-head on the realties and potential solutions to the ever-changing environments of planet Earth. One thing climate scientists have advocated for is a change in attitude towards the consumption of meat, particularly beef, as mass farming is a major contributor to carbon dioxide emissions. Earlier this year, the journal <em>The Lancet: Global Health <\/em>published a guide on how to eat sustainably. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drjohnomahony.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/48611730048_18f460d7b3_b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8810\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These guidelines recommend maintaining a diet rich in fruits and vegetables; getting protein and fat from plant-based foods; unsaturated oils from fish; and carbohydrates from whole grains. The major issue with these guidelines are not available, but affordability. According to a further study in <em>The Lancet, <\/em>the most affordable green diet would cost around $2.84 per day. Based on world income statistics, that remains unaffordable for more than 1\/5 of the world\u2019s population \u2013 approximately 1.68 billion people. It appears as though much more research evaluation of this topic is required before finding the perfect balance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full article, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/60766-sustainable-diet-not-affordable\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate science has been a major talking point, and a source of the major controversy in 2019. Sceptics and supporters have gone head-to-head on the realties and potential solutions to the ever-changing environments of planet Earth. One thing climate scientists have advocated for is a change in attitude towards the consumption of meat, particularly beef, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_meta":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-doctors-news","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8902,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions\/8902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dromahony.ca\/drpeterson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}