Page 8 - May 2018 Magazine

It is unfortunate that only a few people agencies (1)(2) are routinely ignored
see the connection between what they by the average person who would
eat and their health outcomes. Fewer prefer to center their calorie
still see that what wealthy nations consumption around meat, dairy foods,
waste in terms of energy used for food and refined carbohydrates.
production is a root cause for the
Only 27% of the U.S. population get
growing resentment felt toward them
by the poorer
nations.

The concept of a
Healthy Planet Diet
is a way to bring
personal meaning
to the many
worries the
average Western
national faces
every day: Weight
gain, heart disease,
several common
cancers, the high
cost of medical
care, food prices,
and gasoline costs.

All these issues,
plus the
importance of
maintaining
precious soil and
water supplies
needed to continue
to support life on
this earth, are
related. A healthy
environment is
the recommended three servings of
important for our long-term survival vegetables a day (3). Thanks to
just as much as it is cherished as a government subsidies for luxury items
place to "get away from it all".
such as meat, milk, and soft drinks,

None of this is an extreme viewpoint. these least-healthy items are less
In the U.S., mainstream expensive and therefor more often
recommendations by public health

Bliss Planet 8