Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doesn’t pull punches. “Transitioning toward more plant-based diets ... could reduce global mortality by 6–10 percent and food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 29–70 percent” by 2050, and it could save global economies trillions of dollars, The latest issue of thedoesn’t pull punches. “Transitioning toward more plant-based diets ... could reduce global mortality by 6–10 percent and food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 29–70 percent” by 2050, and it could save global economies trillions of dollars, according to the report









Today Show Media coverage of the report has been impressive; for example, a article summarizes the study this way: “By eating less meat and more fruit and vegetables, the world could prevent several million deaths per year by 2050, cut planet-warming emissions substantially, and save billions of dollars annually in health care costs and climate damage.”





The researchers found that if the world's population ate more plant-based food, we could avert between 5.1 and 8.1 million deaths per year.

There was also a linear path toward better climate effects, from an improvement of 29 percent for a reduction in meat intake to 63 percent for a vegetarian diet and 70 percent for a fully plant-based diet.

Finally, researchers concluded that a shift toward plant-based eating could save more than a trillion dollars in health costs and more than $500 billion in benefits associated with decreased greenhouse gas emissions.





This important study validates The Good Food Institute's focus on promoting plant-based and "clean" (i.e., cultured) alternatives to animal agriculture.



By offering cost-competitive, delicious plant-based and clean alternatives, visionary companies can help the entire world transition to a more eco-friendly, healthy, and humane lifestyle.

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In all three respects, scientists argue that their estimates are conservative, because they focus only on a narrow slice of each problem.Just by eating plant-based food? Yep!