You may have heard the expression knowledge is power.

Well, today we're gonna give you more power to control your diet and lifestyle by giving

you the facts.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

You can't help but marvel at the constellation of new consumer choices in the Darian meat

aisle helping to innovate us out of this precarious situation with regards to pandemic threats

posed by animal agriculture.

Today we're gonna look at the personal human effects of plant-based meats and we start

with the environmental assessment of 50 different plant-based meats showing them to be vastly

more sustainable.

There is increasing consensus that transitioning towards reduced meat consumption and more

plant-based diets is a key feature to address important health and sustainability challenges

facing humanity.

Currently in the United Nations, we would have to double the production of meat and dairy

to meet the predicted demand for animal proteins in 2050.

When in fact, we'd have to do the exact opposite if we were to contain the ecological

damage nearly every credible forecast.

Show that if we're to have any chance of meaning future food in a sustainable fashion,

lowering our meat consumption will be absolutely essential.

While more centralized governments may be effective in influencing consumption patterns

since the main drivers of global meat consumption are things like rising incomes, urbanization,

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