Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
The man whose campaign took huge contributions from Tyson is suddenly gung ho on beef despite its demonstrated health and ecological risks? Shocker.
The health pyramid has always been compromised by industry and is never a helpful guideline, though schools and medical institutions are then forced to utilize it in curricula and meal planning (thus the push and lobbying from industry to corrupt it). America is a joke
that implies he ever knew it…
If you want a resource to direct people to for healthy eating, I really like the latest version of the Canada Food Guide, which came out a year or two ago I think. No food pyramid, emphasis on eating whole foods, encourages plant-based meals, and practical advice like "plan your meals" and "eat with others".
I'm really glad they published this guide because there was a lot of lobbying and controversy from the meat and dairy industry surrounding it, because it was encouraging plant based meals with large vegetable portions.
That's really good, I like how they made it 2 slides to convey everything rather than a lengthy pdf.
No, he relied on AI.
Proteins, followed by fibers. Avoid sugar. It’s that easy. Not vegan but some of them can do it. Fish is good; barring that you can get some proteins elsewhere. Not all. But good enough for them.
I mean, is it really that easy? Do I need a certain amount of dietary fat each day? Does saturated vs unsaturated fat matter? Avoid sugar, okay, can I eat fruit with breakfast? What about carrots? Oh you mean avoid added sugar. Then can I use honey instead? Fish is good, can I have canned tuna every day?
And so on and so on. You’re not wrong, but pretty much any attempt at a short summary like this runs into issues when it comes time to start planning meals. There’s actually a lot of important things that go into which the general public doesn’t yet have a strong consensus for
It can be easy, but you’re right, there are a lot of nuances. I mentioned vegans because vegans are common on Lemmy. There’s also allergies.
Looking at you, avocados and oil palm trees...