It's time for humans to think beyond our own bodies when it comes to health, according to a new scientific review of eating plans. What's good for you is good for the planetThe planetary health diet is the result of the EAT-Lancet Commission report that, for the first time, compiled existing scientific knowledge on health and sustainable food practices from around the world. "Food systems have the potential to nurture human health and support environmental sustainability; however, they are currently threatening both," says the commission report. These numbers combined with growing global obesity on one end of the spectrum and malnutrition on the other points to a global food crisis for people and the planet. Listen to food columnist Gail Johnson's discuss the Planetary Health Diet here:

Source: CBC News March 05, 2019 20:47 UTC