Most know what foods are not useful, as well as the fact that they should be used sparingly, if you want to stay healthy. But do not think only of themselves: there are plenty of foods that are bad for our mother nature. The following is a list of foods 9. Next time, before placing them in the supermarket cart, it is worth considering whether you will want to eat it. If the world would be less people who, like the French King Louis XIV, says, "After me, the flood, the world would be much more beautiful, the land and the air cleaner.
In July 2015, French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal led people to stop buying and eating the popular chocolate hazelnut cream. It politician called the environmental disaster, because it is produced from palm oil. Palm trees are grown on plantations cut in the tropical forests. The higher the demand for palm oil, the greater the threat to tropical forests, sometimes referred to as the lungs of our planet. In fact, many of the daily food intake does the potential damage. Any food drain on the environment, but some foods more harmful than others. Some products, such as Atlantic bluefin tuna, preferably omitted, while others find an alternative, for example, choose grass-fed cattle meat.
Atlantic bluefin tuna. Elementary, if humanity continues to eat this type of tuna that soon she will simply disappear. These marine fish often live to a hundred years old and do not have the lot of offspring that offspring always be very high. Surveys show that over the past century, the number of fish fell by 96%. Fish lovers tuna can change salmon, halibut, squid, sea bass, trout, etc.
Sugar. It turns out that sugar is not in vain called white death. It is harmful to human health and the Earth's ecosystem. Every year, more than 121 in the country produced 145 million tons of sugar. By comparison, in order to produce an average of 2 kg of sugar utilized 330 liters of water. Sugar beet grown used to a lot of fertilizer, which fall into natural bodies of water. Chemicals gradually destroys aquatic fauna and flora. How to reduce the harmful effects on the environment? If it is possible to avoid added sugars. Modern man and his way to consume more than enough.
The bottled water. Over the years, Americans consume about 50 billion plastic water bottles. US recycled only 23% of the plastic and this means that the 38 billion plastic bottles each year just occur in landfills. In addition, the transport of water annually consumed in very large amounts of fuel. Environmentally safer alternative would be to buy a water filter and water dispensing themselves in reusable bottles.
Lamb / mutton. It is estimated that our planet is about 1.8 billion sheep. However, all these domestic animals are the most damaging to the environment. For each kilogram of mutton requires more than 8,000 gallons of water, and the atmosphere emit about 10 kg of CO 2 . Both the carbon dioxide of the car, driven 45 km. Environmentalists recommend eating more lentils. These pulses into the atmosphere emit the least carbon dioxide.
Industry bred bulls and cow meat. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions will provide the beef industry. A cow is a large area of land, lots of water. In addition, an animal leaves the manure as approximately 20 - 40 people each. Every 0.5 kilogram of body requires about 5 - 7 full kg. The world felled many hectares of tropical forests in order to plant corn and soybean feed. The world demand for meat is growing by about 2%. The growth of people's income, directly increasing demand for animal protein, so the cattle have to be extremely limited and supervised, so that do not harm the ecosystem. Industry-grown cattle meat to change grass-fed, organic, local cattle meat. But the most important limiting meat consumption.
Farm-grown chicken meat. Huge chicken farm in the world is caused countless problems. One of the biggest - pollution. The natural water runs off a number of chicken manure. Reared chickens although more expensive, but a healthier and safer environment for humans.
Palm oil is the cheapest cooking oil in the world, so it is added to many processed foods: chips, flakes, candy, crackers, canned food and so on. All these products, palm oil is one of the main ingredients. With increasing demand for palm oil, manufacturers are expanding palm plantations and passes through tropical forests. Along with the forest inevitably disappearing many native animal and plant species. It is recommended to avoid products containing mentioned palm oil, sodium lauryl / laureth or Elaeis guineensis. An alternative to palm oil - coconut oil.
Simple coffee. International Coffee Organisation global coffee consumption in 5 years will increase by 25%. For the current coffee drinking habits promote coffee plantation expansion increases the use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other fertilizers. Environmentalists recommend buying coffee, having Tropical Forest Alliance certification.
Soy. Previously, soy has been widely used in animal feed, but recently they are loved and people. This led to the expansion of soybean plantations. Soy plantations usually planted with where cheap labor and land, this is the Third World countries. The preservation of the environment, local farmers think the least. Rising soybean milk drink is recommended to change the coconut, oats or hemp milk.
Great post - interesting and informative... I had no idea so much water was used in the creation of sugar!
It is a tough one. You need to feed the masses somehow and yet, sustainability is crucial. Better technology or better habits from people is the key I guess.
Great article, didn't know it before. Thanks @sanosakis
I think I could kiss off any of these on this list, except for coffee. Please don't make me!