Analyzing the Impact of Plant-Based Diets on Health and Sustainability

This essay examines the sustainability of plant-based diets compared to meat-based diets, highlighting their reduced environmental impact and health benefits. It discusses how plant-based diets, rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes, can improve health outcomes by reducing the risk of obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. The essay references various studies that support the claim that plant-based diets are more sustainable due to their lower demand on natural resources and reduced carbon footprint. It also addresses potential nutritional deficiencies associated with vegan diets and emphasizes the importance of balanced plant-based eating. The essay concludes that promoting plant-based diets is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals and improving overall health.

Plant based diet and sustainability

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Plant-based diet shows the comparison which is well related with the diet which is rich in
the animal’s product which is more sustainable because they are usually show the fewer natural
resource which is less taxing on the term of environment. In addition to this, the given global
population explosion and enhance in the term of wealth (Above and beyond meat: the role of
consumers’ dietary behavior for the purchase of plant-based food substitutes, 2021). Therefore,
it shows the enhance increase in the demand of food of animal’s origin. Plant based diet includes
not only vegetables and fruits but also nuts, seeds, whole grains, legumes, peanut, lentils and
quinoa. Plant based diet includes all the food products which we obtain from plants. Now a day a
number of people are suffering from obesity, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes just because of
their unhealthy diet. So it is needed to focus on healthy diet to improve the health outcome. The
best way to deal with this problem is to consume plan t based diet. The objective of this essay is
to make reader aware of importance of plant based diet and also how it helps to improve health
outcomes. This essay will also let reader know how to promote plant based diet. It also talks
about the substantiality of the plant based diet in comparison to others. In this report, the major
of discussion is usually cover the plan based diet with the comparison to the meat based diet
which is more sustainable because that they are usually show the comparison which is les natural
resourced which is less taxing on environment (Comparing nutritional, economic, and
environmental performances of diets according to their levels of greenhouse gas emissions,
2018).
MAIN BODY
According to Cristopher and Theresa, (2021), Plant based diet plays an important role to
improve the health outcome as it helps to build the immune system. The sustainability of the
plant based diet is also more in comparison to animal based diet. Plants have all the essential
nutrients which is important to give energy and build the immune system. All the vitamins,
phytochemicals, nutrient and antioxidant present in the plant keeps the body in balance and
healthy. Benefits of consuming plant based diet includes it reduces arthritic pain, essential for
improvement of mental health and wellbeing, decreases the risk of urinary tract infection and
saves hospital cost. It is analysed that the plant based products prevent many illness and makes a
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person healthier (Dietary Change Scenarios and Implications for Environmental, Nutrition,
Human Health and Economic Dimensions of Food Sustainability, 2019).
According to the viewpoint of Louise and et. al., (2018), person eating plant based diet
has lower BMI and also low risk of obesity and diabetes. Plant based diet consist a lot of fibre,
minerals and vitamins and low calories and cholesterol which makes a person healthier and free
from diseases. Consuming plant based diet helps to improve absorption of nutrients and reduce
inflammation. As plant based diet is rich in fibre, fibre helps to reduce the cholesterol and
maintain the blood sugar level. People suffering from heart diseases and diabetes totally avoid
animal obtained food because increases the risk of heart and kidney failure. Food industries are
also manufacturing such products which are obtained from the plants because of increasing
mortality rate of patient suffering from heart disease. Now, plant based meats are also being
manufactured for people who are facing difficulty in giving up enjoying meat in their diet
(Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Diets: How Does Organic Food Consumption
Contribute to Environmental Sustainability? 2018).
According to the author Canxi, and Alexander, (2019), Eating plant based products is
also good for environment as a person eating meat releases more carbon dioxide in comparison
to person who abstain from meat. Sometimes, eating vegan foods create some complications like
anaemia, vitamin B12 deficiency, disruption in hormone level and lack of fatty acid. But eating
plant based products never causes such complication as they are plenty of vitamins and nutrients.
Therefore, it shows the demand in the side intervention which is showing the aspect which is
related with the change in the dietary change which is usually contribute towards the
achievement of the 2030 national sustainable development goals. In this, there are various of
studies which is taken into the analysis which may show the approach which is showing the
change in the dietary term which is focus on the single dimension of the sustainability.
According to the views of Lemken and et. al., (2019), the substitution of meat with the
legumes in one the way which is making food consumption which is more sustainable. In
addition to this, the substitution which make the debate on the aspect which is well related with
the recommendation of the climate change experts. In this, the consumer which may provide the
proper preference to the consumer on whether meat should be well subtitled and how the meat
become a heterogeneous. The discussion which is based on plant diet show the aspect where
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consumer show the acceptance of the processed legume in the general term (Impact of Plant-
Based Meat Alternatives on the Gut Microbiota of Consumers: A Real-World Study, 2021).
According to the Essi and et. al., (2020), the enhanced demand which may show the context
which is related with the consumption of the plant based food and decrease the consumption of
the animal based food which is well recommended for the context to the healthy diet and
sustainable food production. It is also investigated that the impact of the partials replacement of
the dietary animal’s protein with the plant based one on intake the energy which is yielding the
nutrient which is showing the fibre and plasma lipoprotein. In addition to this, as per the survey
and analysis it is well evaluated that the plant based food is usually show the mechanism which
help to sustain the body mechanism and regulate the function while producing the maximum
ATP in the body. It is usually providing for the human body as the source of plant based food
(More room for legume - Consumer acceptance of meat substitution with classic, processed and
meat-resembling legume products, 2019).
According to the views of Fillippo and et, al., (2021), reducing meat consumption which is
showing the protect the natural environment and lower intake of red and processed meat which is
linked with the risk of numerous of chronic situation. Therefore, it is also analysed the plant
based meat substitutes such as those which is made of textured which is well related with the
vegetable protein and myco-protein that enable to replace to meat based food with the plant
based product without the change which is showing the context which is wider habit (Plant-
Based Meats, Human Health, and Climate Change, 2020).
According to the Adri, Natalia and Miguel, (2021) Eating less meat which is enhance
healthier which more ethical as the part of optional which is lead to grow with the number of
flexitarian that is based on the consumer looking for the plant based alternative which is called as
PBMA which help to replace the least some of the animal’s meat which they are consume. The
popular PBMA which show the product amongst flexitarians, which may include the plant based
mince, burger sausage and the ball which is made up of meat. In this, they are helpful in order to
perceived the low quality of the food which is make the ultra-processed food (Replacing meat
with alternative plant-based products (RE-MAP): a randomized controlled trial of a
multicomponent behavioural intervention to reduce meat consumption, 2022). Therefore, the
study is helpful in order to show the conducted aspect which is showing the devise trial which
help to control the trial which is assess the ultra-processed by the default. The interesting fact
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that is paradox that have wider alternative which is showing the evidence plant based diet which
promote the human health which continue to grow that show the avoidance of animals based
food which has been found which is well related with the higher consumption of the
convenience, ultra-processes food which is typically unhealthy. According to the food and
agricultural organisational which is adopted diet at the global level which is showing the needed.
In this, sustainable diet which may include ecological based and local based process that is
related with the product and diet (Replacing Animal-Based Proteins with Plant-Based Proteins
Changes the Composition of a Whole Nordic Diet-A Randomised Clinical Trial in Healthy
Finnish Adults, 2020).
CONCLUSION
As per the above discussion, it is well analysed that the plant based food and meat based are
used within the particular factor or purpose. The comparison is used which may provide the
significance which may show the outcome that the meat based food are less used as compared
with the plant based food.
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REFERENCES
Online articles
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Comparing nutritional, economic, and environmental performances of diets according to their
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Dietary Change Scenarios and Implications for Environmental, Nutrition, Human Health and
Economic Dimensions of Food Sustainability, 2019 [Online] Available through:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30995719/
Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Diets: How Does Organic Food Consumption Contribute
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811770/
Impact of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives on the Gut Microbiota of Consumers: A Real-World
Study, 2021 [Online] Available through:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465665/
More room for legume - Consumer acceptance of meat substitution with classic, processed and
meat-resembling legume products, 2019 [Online] Available through:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31445994/
Plant-Based Meats, Human Health, and Climate Change, 2020 [Online] Available through:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00128/full
Replacing Animal-Based Proteins with Plant-Based Proteins Changes the Composition of a
Whole Nordic Diet-A Randomised Clinical Trial in Healthy Finnish Adults, 2020
[Online] Available through: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32231103/
Replacing meat with alternative plant-based products (RE-MAP): a randomized controlled trial
of a multicomponent behavioural intervention to reduce meat consumption, 2022
[Online] Available through: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/115/5/1357/6484786
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