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millenary healthy traditional diets which are a full part of the cultural heritage and social harmony in many countries.”

“A standard diet for the whole planet, regardless of the age, sex, metabolism, general state of health and eating habits of each person, has no scientific justification at all.” The launch event still went ahead, but was sponsored instead by the government of Norway—where EAT, the advocacy group that led the study, is based. According to a report that the Italian office posted on their website, it sounds like the study’s authors got heckled a bit —specifically, about a claim in the report that “inappropriate” foods should be discontinued. What exactly is the planetary health diet? As I wrote back in February , it’s a high- tech, elaborate reboot of the Mediterranean diet. According to life-cycle assessments, it should improve individual health while, at the same, limiting the greenhouse gases produced by the global food system so that the planet can meet the climate goals outlined by the Paris Agreement.

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