Planetarian
Pathway

The Planetary Health Diet was announced by the EAT-Lancet Commission, an international organisation tasked with defining targets for sustainable food production, and they hope this diet could have a hugely positive impact.

The plate diagram gives you the guidelines: 

½ - One half plate is fruits, vegetables and a few nuts. 

⅕ - One fifth is whole grains. 

⅕ -One fifth is unsaturated oil and plant proteins like peas, beans and seeds. 

⅛  - Small amounts of meat, dairy, sugar and starches.

Here is how much that means: 

Aim to consume no more than 3.5 oz. of red meat (pork, beef or lamb), 7 oz. of poultry and 7 oz. of fish per week. (Under 18 oz. per week of meat.)

Embrace plants as a source of protein. Many plants are both healthy and sustainable sources of dietary protein. Aim to consume at least 5 oz. of cooked beans, lentils, peas and other nuts or legumes per day. (35 oz. per week.)

So...the Planetarian Diet doesn’t cut out any foods, but limits the amount of foods that are not healthy for us or for our warming planet. One steak a month is fine on this diet. 

You can make this diet have an even lower carbon footprint by supporting regenerative farming and managed grazing or local farmers.