The Planetary Health Diet: Eating for Yourself and the Planet

For most people, a diet is often centred around themselves and their health goals. From ‘fitting into a dress’ and ‘shedding kilos’ to diets as part of treatment, there are many reasons to go on one as well. What if your diet achieves all this, and also avoids approximately 15 million deaths a year, reduces agricultural emissions by 15 per cent, and helps mitigate the climate disaster? Yes, its possible.

EAT-Lancet Commission, a joint initiative by the medical journal The Lancet and the non-profit named ‘the Eat Foundation,’ brought together scientists from across the world a few years ago to study food’s role in biodiversity, living and professional conditions of people, climate issues and human health. Thay concluded that without human beings changing their food habits, it won’t be possible to mitigate climate change, even if we switch to clean energy sources. The study’s co-author, Johan Rockström, recently stated that the human race will fail on multiple counts, including the climate agenda and food security, if the behavior of the food system is not taken seriously.

Publication Date: 2025/10/03 08:20:38