Taking care of one's health has proven to be harmful to the environment.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University calculated that eating foods recommended by the US Department of Health - fruits, vegetables, dairy products and seafood - leads to increased environmental damage. On average, in terms of calories consumed, these products require more resources for growing or collecting, and lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions, for example, with meat or bacon.

“The use of lettuce in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is three times worse than the use of bacon,” said Paul Fishback, a professor of sociology and decision-making. - A large number of the usual vegetables require for the cultivation of more resources in terms of per calorie than you would imagine. Eggplants, celery, and cucumbers are especially losing in this respect to pork or chicken. ”
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Scientists have been working on how the obesity epidemic in the US is affecting the environment. They considered everything from growing and transporting to selling and storing finished products. All this requires the expenditure of energy, fresh water, and results in an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.

The average American, reducing the amount of calories consumed to normal, can reduce energy, water and greenhouse gas emissions by 9%. But at the same time, the transition to a “healthy” diet increases the amount of energy expended by 38%, water - by 10%, greenhouse gases - by 6%.

The more a person cares about their own health , the greater the burden on the environment. It remains to promote high- calorie and unhealthy foods , or look for effective methods of growing lettuce.