Why plant-based
For your health:
1
Number of diets shown to be able to reverse heart disease – A low fat plant-based diet.
75%
Reduced risk of high blood pressure, when following a plant-based diet.
78%
Reduced risk type 2 diabetes, when following a plant-based diet.
10-14 years
Possible increase in life expectancy following a plant-based diet with a healthy lifestyle.
For the planet:
25,000
Litres of water saved if a couple eats plant-based for 3 days.
56
Square meters of forested land saved if a family of four eats plant-based for 5 days.
90kg
CO2 equivalent not released into the atmosphere if a couple eats plant-based for 5 days.
60-70%
Antibiotics consumed annually in New Zealand that are used in animal agriculture.
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- L T Le, J Sabate. Beyond meatless, the health effects of vegan diets: findings from the Adventist cohorts. Nutrients. 2014 May 27;6(6):2131-47. doi: 10.3390/nu6062131.
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- Measuring the Daily Destruction of the World’s Rainforests
- P Scarborough, P Appleby, , A Mizdrak, et al. Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK, Climatic Change 2014 Jul:125(2):179-192, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1
- “Are animals to blame for peak antibiotics?” Pundit New Zealand 2016.
