You can reduce your diet’s impact on the greenhouse gas emissions by becoming vegan or vegetarian. But it is not the only way. There are many other ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Recent Purdue University StudySmall changes can make a huge difference and improve your health.
Purdue researchers analyzed the 2010 grocery purchases of over 57,000 households in the United States and found that 71 percent could reduce their food carbon footprint through three changes.
Eating foods with low nutritional values and high calories can reduce the U.S. household’s carbon footprint by nearly 10%. Snacks like candy, soda, or packaged snacks have more ingredients and require more processing which has higher environmental impacts.