Comparing the water, energy, pesticide and fertilizer usage for the production of foods consumed by different dietary types in California

Marlow, H.; Harwatt, Helen; Soret, Samuel; Sabaté, Joan

doi:10.1017/s1368980014002833

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“…We used the index of adherence to the MedDiet proposed by Trichopoulou et al (29) because it is largely used in nutritional public health studies and because its validity has been previously checked (53,54) . It has been reported that a vegetarian or vegan diet could be more environmentally advantageous than other diets which include animal products (20,55) and that a reduction in meat consumption would ease pressure on footprints (56) . Thus, a shift, even a gentle and moderate shift to less animalbased and more plant-based diets, like the MedDiet or the pro-vegetarian diet, may be positive not only for reducing all-cause mortality (57) but also for the environment (17,18,20) .…”

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The Mediterranean diet, an environmentally friendly option: evidence from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort

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“…From a health point of view, moving to diets with fewer animal-based foods would be beneficial (55,(60)(61)(62)(63) . However, some have suggested that diets based exclusively on plant products are not as healthy as others that include small amounts of animal foods, like the Mediterranean (64) .…”

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The Mediterranean diet, an environmentally friendly option: evidence from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort

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“…However, the vast majority of PD patients have no such acute exposure. Although it is difficult to demonstrate direct adverse effects of environmental toxins on humans in epidemiological studies because of various confounding factors, humans are inevitably exposed to small doses of pesticides over their lifetime9394. It is unclear what cumulative effects these pesticides pose in causing PD, especially in a genetically susceptible human.…”

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Combined LRRK2 mutation, aging and chronic low dose oral rotenone as a model of Parkinson’s disease

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Aging, genetics and environmental toxicity are important etiological factors in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, its pathogenesis remains unclear. A major obstacle is the lack of an appropriate experimental model which incorporates genetic susceptibility, aging and prolonged environmental toxicity. Here, we explored the interplay amongst these factors using mutant LRRK2R1441G (leucine-rich-repeat-kinase-2) knockin mice. We found that mutant primary cortical and mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons were more susceptible to rotenone-induced ATP deficiency and cell death. Compared with wild-type controls, striatal synaptosomes isolated from young mutant mice exhibited significantly lower dopamine uptake after rotenone toxicity, due to reduced striatal synaptosomal mitochondria and synaptic vesicular proton pump protein (V-ATPase H) levels. Mutant mice developed greater locomotor deficits in open-field tests than wild-type mice following low oral rotenone doses given twice weekly over 50 weeks (half their lifespan). The increased locomotor deficit was associated with specific reduction in striatal mitochondrial Complex-I (NDUFS4) in rotenone-treated mutant but not in similarly treated wild-type mice. Our unique experimental model which incorporates genetic effect, natural aging and prolonged oral environmental toxicity administered to mutant knockin LRRK2 mice over half their life span, with observable and measurable phenotype, is invaluable in further studies of the pathogenic process and therapeutics of PD.

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“…Not all studies of sustainable diets include seafood (see, e.g., Brunelle, Dumas, & Souty, 2014;Doran-Browne, Eckard, Behrendt, & Kingwell, 2015;Erb et al, 2016;Goldstein, Hansen, Gjerris, Laurent, & Birkved, 2016;Kernebeek, Oosting, Feskens, Gerber, & Boer, 2014;Marlow, Harwatt, Soret, & Sabaté, 2015;Raphaely & Marinova, 2014;Reisch et al, 2013;Sabaté, Sranacharoenpong, Harwatt, Wien, & Soret, 2015;Temme et al, 2013). The reasons behind the exclusion were…”

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“…not always clear; however, a lack of data was cited (e.g., Marlow et al, 2015). A number of studies that did include seafood were also limited by lack of relevant data in standard food databases.…”

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Assessing the inclusion of seafood in the sustainable diet literature

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The literature on sustainable diets is broad in its scope, and application yet is consistently supportive of a move away from animal‐based diets towards more plant‐based diets. The positioning of seafood within the sustainable diet literature is less clear. A literature review was conducted to examine how the environmental impacts of seafood consumption are assessed and what conclusions are being drawn about the inclusion of seafood in a sustainable diet. Seafood is an essential part of the global food system but is not adequately addressed in most of the sustainable diet literature. Aquaculture, the world's fastest growing food sector, was considered by very few papers. Seafood consumption was commonly presented as a dilemma due to the perceived trade‐offs between positive health outcomes from eating seafood and concerns of overfishing. A number of studies included seafood as part of their sustainable diet scenario, or as part of a diet that had lower impacts than current consumption. Most of the indicators used were biophysical, with a strong focus on greenhouse gas emissions, and very few studies addressed biological or ecological impacts. The assessment of seafood was limited in many studies due to relevant data sets not being incorporated into the models used. Where they were used, data sources and methodological choices were often not stated thereby limiting the transparency of many studies. Both farmed and wild‐capture production methods need to be integrated into research on the impacts of diets and future food scenarios to better understand and promote the benefits of sustainable diets.

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Comparing the water, energy, pesticide and fertilizer usage for the production of foods consumed by different dietary types in California

Abstract: Consuming a more plant-based diet could to an extent alleviate the negative environmental impacts related to food production. As a method to feed ourselves more sustainably, behavioural adjustments appear to be a very important tool.

Cited by 27 publications

References 62 publications

The Mediterranean diet, an environmentally friendly option: evidence from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort

The Mediterranean diet, an environmentally friendly option: evidence from the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort

Combined LRRK2 mutation, aging and chronic low dose oral rotenone as a model of Parkinson’s disease

Assessing the inclusion of seafood in the sustainable diet literature

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