What is the Planetary Diet? It looks like the Mediterranea but it is not the same thing. But it promises excellent results.
We have to admit that we are living in a truly revolutionary era. Together with energy transition we will also be able to implement the food change.
E we are not just talking about the benefits of eating insects. And of industrial preparations based on flour, as nowadays famous “potato chips with larvae”. But of aexpansion of what is the Mediterranean dietwhich has always offered ample health benefits. Today, thanks to “globalization”, we can (also) speak of Planetary diet. Let’s see what it is, how it is conceived, and above all if it will really give our longevity an extra chance.
The idea comes from Napolimore precisely from the “UNESCO Chair of Health Education and Sustainable Development at the Federico II University of Naples, coordinated by Annamaria Colao, full professor of Endocrinology and president of the Italian Society of Endocrinology“. Lo staff has recently proposed also on Nature Italy (an Italian scientific journal) this innovative food diet.
Are you curious? Effectively one wonders what are the characteristics of this new food model. This is how it is conceived.
How the Planetary Diet works
We know very well that our Mediterranean Diet is good for health. The “success” comes from the fact that it is variabut above all fromhigh consumption of vegetables. And a good intake of “good” fats. The templateso, it remains as a parameter also for the diet that will have to affect the rest of the world.
Basically, always vegetables and fruitbut of course variable by country. It is known that everywhere there are many fruit and vegetable speciesand in this way all the inhabitants of the Planet will be able to practice one healthy diet and excellent for preventing many diseases. Let’s remember the benefits of a “local style” diet.
The Mediterranean diet reduces serious cardiovascular events by 30%, the probability of endometrial cancer in women by over 50%, and the onset of diabetes by 30%.
It goes without saying that if other countries toowith the local availabilityadopt a similar system, they will benefit in salute. Although not all products based on the Mediterranean diet are available all over the world, the will is to create other combinations. However, they offer the same advantages.
Indeed, it is fundamental the intake of unsaturated fats and then of cereals and vegetables as well moderate amounts of fishdairy products, red meats and even Red wine. Thanks to “globalization” it is less and less difficult to buy non-native products, even if the prices are a little higher, and this is true for all countries of the world.
Ma if the program is disseminated and promoted everywhere, the populations will be able to benefit directly from it. The project born in Naples, in fact, provides for a dissemination of this new food concept through UNESCO.