{"id":17669,"date":"2017-11-22T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=17669"},"modified":"2018-06-25T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:12:00","slug":"switching-vegan-diet-may-disastrous-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zovon.com\/?p=17669","title":{"rendered":"Switching to vegan diet may be disastrous for the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A lot has been talked about the benefits of living on a vegan diet. However, a recent study claims that going full vegan will not do much good, and it might end up being disastrous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Presently a huge amount of food is fed to livestock. If we intend to go meat-free, then we would not have to feed the animals, and this would increase the amount of available food by 23%, without exports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This increase would be in the form of some kind of grains, of which 77% would be corn and legumes, out of which 92% would be soybean and soy flour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This would result in an abundance of nutrients \u2013 like carbs, magnesium, copper \u2013 in relation to what is actually required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The land used for growing these foods could be transferred to grow other fruits and vegetables. But, considering that it is not viable to produce more of a high-value crop, it is not a feasible option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">On the other hand, it would also mean a deficit of nutrients, people get from animals, like <a href=\"https:\/\/zovon.com\/hot-topics\/aging\/vitamin-a\/\"><strong>Vitamin A<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Vitamin D<\/strong>, calcium, and B12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">According to a report, going fully vegan is possible at an individual level, but scaling it up on the national level is next to impossible. Some people, who would not have access to plant-based foods would remain malnourished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The study authors noted that when animals convert energy dense micronutrients into more micronutrient dense foods, the food production will have a better capacity to meet the requirements of micronutrients in the population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A San Francisco-based company, Hampton Creek, says that it will grow meat in labs for sale sometime in the next year. It will also help in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 28%. This may seem grand, but it accounts for only 2.6% of the total gas emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Source: dailymail.co.uk<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot has been talked about the benefits of living on a vegan diet. However, a recent study claims that going full vegan will not do much good, and it might end up being disastrous. Presently a huge amount of food is fed to livestock. 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