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Marco Springmann, Senior Researcher on Environment and Health, University of Oxford

The best and worst meat replacements for your health, your wallet and the planet – new research

Tuscan butter bean stew. Beans and other legumes came first in the assessment of animal product replacements. OlgaBombologna/Shutterstock

By now it’s well established that meat and dairy are at least partly to blame for the climate crisis. And without coming off our addiction to animal products, we won’t be able to avoid dangerous levels of global heating.

What is less clear is what to replace your burger and cheese with. What’s best for your health and the planet? And what about your wallet? These are the questions I tried to answer in a new study.

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