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Scientists urge the general public to add more of nutritionally beneficial foods to their diet, such as field-grown fruits, vegetables and nuts
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn moreResearchers found that drinking a soda could subtract 12 minutes of a “healthy life”(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Every sip of coke might taste like childhood, but what it’s really doing is shaving off the years from your adulthood.
A study that evaluated more than 5,800 foods in the American diet found that drinking a soda could subtract 12 minutes of a “healthy life.” It was conducted by researchers from The University of Michigan and published in the Nature Food journal.
It was also discovered that eating a hot dog could chip away 36 minutes of a healthy life, while a 1 oz serving of nuts and seeds would in fact add 25 minutes.
“Vegetarian and vegan options have become standard fare in the American diet, from upscale restaurants to fast-food chains. And many people know that the food choices they make affect their own health as well as that of the planet,” Katerina Stylianou and Olivier Jolliet, two researchers of the study, told The Conversation.
Researchers decoded the individual foods based on their composition and calculating the effect of the foods on human health by using data from a large epidemiological study called the Global Burden of Disease.
The study also looked into the environmental impacts of the various foods using the IMPACT World+ method, which involved analyzing them all through their life cycle, and delving into factors like processing, manufacturing, preparation, consumption and waste.
Swapping 10 percent of your meat intake with vegetables could add 48 minutes of healthy life
The study found that substituting only 10 percent of daily caloric intake of beef and processed meats for a variety of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and select seafood could add 48 minutes of healthy life per person per day.
The scientists urge the general public to add more of nutritionally beneficial foods to their diet, such as field-grown fruits, vegetables, nuts and low-environmental impact seafood.
They also recommend reducing consumption of highly processed meat, beef, shrimp and greenhouse-grown vegetables.
“The urgency of dietary changes to improve human health and the environment is clear,” Jolliet said.
“Our findings demonstrate that small targeted substitutions offer a feasible and powerful strategy to achieve significant health and environmental benefits without requiring dramatic dietary shifts.”
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