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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Tim Spector

Eat mushrooms, cut down on meat and use the microwave: the best diet for you and the planet

Collage of tree made from vegetables
Photographer:Michael Hedge Food Stylist: Rhea Thierstein Photograph: Michael Hedge/The Guardian

Less meat, more plants

The simplest way to reduce your personal carbon footprint is to go vegan. Growing beef takes as much as 100 times more land than growing peas or soya to produce the same amount of protein. I’ve reduced my meat consumption to some local, organic grass-fed red meat or a roast chicken as an occasional treat once or twice a month. This allows me to enjoy meat as part of my diet at a more sustainable level.

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