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Jennifer Paolicelli

Sustainable 5: Decreasing Food Consumption and Plastic Waste from Processed Food

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Americans tend to eat more calories void of nutrition than their bodies need for a healthy lifestyle. This has led to increasing numbers of people with diabetes and obesity. Packaged foods from large conglomerates generally use unhealthy fats, add unnecessary sugar, high fructose corn syrup and a long line of chemicals that are not food, …

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Sustainable 5: Decreasing Meat Production and Consumption

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According to the book The Blue Zones, which studied the diets and lifestyles of pockets of centenarians, people who lived to 100+ ate meat an average 1-2 times or less per week. Decreasing meat consumption is not only healthier but it has a lesser impact on the environment. Here are 5 simple ways to eat …

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