Want to follow an eco-friendly diet, but not sure how? Wondering if a sustainable way of eating will shrink your waistline or leave you feeling hungry? Well, here’s a plan that is packed with tasty, wholesome meals to fill you up and help you stay slim – all while helping to reduce your impact on the environment.
‘By following a climatarian diet focused on plant-based foods and rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, you can eat until you’re comfortably satisfied and still lose about 2-3lb a week – even more depending on how much weight you have to lose,’ says Dr Alona Pulde of nutrition app Lifesum*.
How the climatarian diet works
This plan, created by Lifesum, has been made using environmentally-friendly choices, while limiting the foods that are most destructive to our planet. Animal agriculture is a cause of climate change, deforestation, pollution and loss of natural habitats and biodiversity. ‘The good news, though, for meat- and