The Vegetarian Diet as the Sustainable Future of Human Nutrition
In a world increasingly attentive to issues of ecology and sustainability, the vegetarian diet is gaining prominence in the debate on the future of human nutrition. But is it truly feasible to completely replace a carnivorous diet with a vegetarian one? And what might be the consequences of such a change?The issue concerns not only the ethics of animal treatment but also matters of public health and environmental sustainability. Meat production, for instance, requires an exceedingly high amount of natural resources: around 15,000 liters of water are needed to produce just one kilogram of beef, not to mention the enormous…