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A diverse diet is a healthy diet

We all know how important a diverse diet is for our health. However, scientists believe that our current diets are not diverse enough. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 75% of the global food supply comes from twelve plant and five animal species alone. This lack of variety is damaging to our diets, our plants and animals, as well as our planet. A recent report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Knorr attempted to highlight the problems in our food system and our diets by presenting a list of 50 ‘foods of the future’.

The 50 foods mentioned in the report were chosen with the aim of improving diversity in

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