Low-Carbon Diets Are Good for the Planet, and Your Health

For most of human history, sticking to a diet was pretty simple—you ate whatever you could get your hands on. But in this era of dietary excess, things have gotten extremely complicated. Conscious consumers need to consider the health implications of the foods they eat as well as the types of chemicals used in their production, the exploitation of farm labor, whether food animals are treated humanely, and just how much damage their afternoon snack is doing to the climate.  https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/low-carbon-diets-are-good-for-planet-and-your-health
Article courtesy of Sierra by Jason Daley