How to Have an Eco-Friendly, Green Diet
Maintaining an eco-friendly or green diet does not mean that you have to sacrifice the foods you love or make the change to a vegetarian or vegan diet if that lifestyle is not for you. Simply educating yourself and choosing foods that are a product of sustainable agriculture can significantly and easily lessen your impact on the environment and make you healthier at the same time. With more than 6.5 billion people on the planet, farming and food production inevitably has a great impact on the environment. The way it is grown or raised is not always cultivated using eco-friendly or humane methods. In fact the contrary is true; many methods of food production, i.e., industrial agriculture, have a significant negative impact on the planet. The following are some tips to help maintain a green diet and support sustainable agriculture: Support small, local family farms especially for your meat and dairy products.Choose certified organic foods.
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for more information about organic foods and which ones you should always buy to protect your health.Buy foods that are in season. This will save you money, improve your health as a result of a varied and fresh diet and improve the likelihood that your fruits and vegetables do not come from industrial agriculture. Choose eggs, poultry, beef, pork etc. that are free running and fed an all vegetarian diet and not given antibiotics and hormones. Avoid overly processed food as much as possible. Eating more unprocessed food is more healthful for you. For a list of stores near you that sell food produced from farms that practice sustainable agriculture, visit the
Eat Well Guide.
Just type in your zip code and you will get a list of all the grocers near you that are committed to providing you with sustainable foods that are healthier, eco-friendly and more humane.
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Your Healthy Eating Helper
is an excellent website that discusses issues concerning green living and the politics of globalization and climate change. You can find great information for your whole family including recipes, healthy grocery shopping and more.
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