Veganism has become a global trend in recent years, and in Israel it is even more common than in most parts of the world.
And yet, Israelis are among the biggest meat consumers in the world.
Now, a study published in recent months in the journal Nature Communications provides another and surprising reason to consider switching to veganism: saving lives.
We summarized the conclusions with the help of Claude.
The study, conducted in collaboration between six researchers from institutions that deal with food, economics and the environment in Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and Germany, reveals that a global dietary change towards plant-based food may prevent between 108,000 and 236,000 premature deaths per year worldwide, which represent 3%-6% of mortality , and increase global GDP by 0.6-1.3 trillion dollars.
Areas where animals are raised in high density, for the purpose of eating their meat, record ammonia emissions in high quantities from animal dung.
These emissions, along with other pollutants, create deadly fine particles.
Switching to a plant-based diet, such as vegetarianism or veganism, will make it possible to reduce the amount of animals raised for food and significantly reduce ammonia emissions - which will improve air quality.
The positive effects are expected to be widespread, but prominent in countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, northern Italy, southern China and the Midwest of the USA. Adopting a vegan diet in Europe and North America alone may prevent 20% of deaths caused by outdoor air pollution.
Beyond the benefit to our health, the improvement in air quality is expected to increase the productivity of workers in industrial plants, from agriculture to manufacturing.
Economists estimate that over a trillion dollars could be added to global GDP if people switched to a plant-based diet.
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