A vegan diet could reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 70% by 2050, preventing 8.1 million human deaths and saving billions in healthcare costs, according to a 2016 study by Oxford University researchers. Vegans do not eat animal products, including dairy, eggs, cheese, honey, leather, fur and wool, and get protein from sources such as soy, quinoa, chia and peas.
In theory, there is a simple way to reduce carbon emissions associated with climate change and prevent several million deaths simultaneously. A 2016 study by Oxford University researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences claimed that food-related greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by 70% by 2050 if the world’s population adopted a vegan diet. Furthermore, they estimated that this would also result in 8.1 million fewer human deaths for those on such a diet. Eliminating humanity’s consumption of meat and animal products would also save billions of dollars a year in health care costs, the researchers said.
The vegan lifestyle:
“Vegan” is a dietary term and lifestyle choice coined by British animal rights advocate Donald Watson in 1944.
A vegan is a strict vegetarian who does not eat dairy products, eggs, cheese or honey. Vegans also avoid animal products such as leather, fur and wool.
Vegans get protein from several sources, including soy, quinoa, chia and peas.
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