Might be time to question your proposed solutions... ? Why getting the thinking of the High-Income Country's nutrition establishment sorted out on metabolic health and non-communicable diseases matters to the 85% of humanity living in Low- & Middle-Income countries.
Previous graphic from globalnutritionreport.org/reports/2021-g…
Read it to understand their mindset & world view.
How can the knowledge of human nutrition and metabolic health be incorporated into the global efforts? Imagine the possible impacts...
Following graphics from document cited previously.
Various authorities cite a lack of animal source foods as causal in these conditions.
Seems like ensuring access to appropriate and affordable animal source foods should be a priority.
Shown previously, but included for continuity.
It's here that the "conventional wisdom" (received from Nutritional Epidemiology of Chronic Disease (NECD)) begins to manifest itself. Is #obesity the cause or symptom (maker or marker) of these & other metabolic disorders/diseases?
The authors' received worldview guides how they try to quantify diet...
... and what they consider to be a "healthy" and "unhealthy" foods.
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2/4 And yet, even with this OVERESTIMATE, accounting emissions for the amount of foods needed to provide essential nutrients dramatically shifts the narrative. Now divide the beef or milk by 3... @TyRBeal
3a & 3b/4 And the land footprint and water use shifts when the essential utilizable nutrients being supplied are considered. Metrics Matter!
Where is the carbon in grasslands ("The upside-down forest").
An example of the distribution of carbon (C) stocks in the semiarid, shortgrass steppe ecosystems to 1 meter depth. 1/4
2/4 Values are in kilograms per hectare, values in parentheses are turnover times of component pools.
94% below-ground
<15% below-ground C is “active"
Sanderson et al. 2020. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. jswconline.org/content/75/1/5A
3/4 It's critical to keep the grasslands intact, the single most important action in maintaining long-term C status.
Large amounts of soil C are lost quickly when grasslands are severely degraded or converted to other uses (e.g., to cultivation)
Sanderson et al. 2020
Thread on #lysine#upcycling#ruminants 1/9 Only 4% of the feed consumed by the global domestic ruminant herd is *potentially* human-utilizable. The upcycling of the other 96% into resources that are essential to modern (& future) societies is under-appreciated.
2/9 Note:
- The grain fed represents only 10% of the global cereal production.
- 1/4 of the grain fed is off-grade & not human edible.
Source for this & previous slide.
Mottet, et al., (2018) cambridge.org/core/journals/…
3/9 In the US, only 11% of the lifetime feed consumed by a commercial fed steer is *potentially* human-utilizable.
Rotz, et al., (2019) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Herdmates, it's time to dive into the rumen and its microbiome. Not literally, of course. That would be nasty.
(Thank you, Dr, Eenennaam, for the image) @BioBeef 1/4
Tim A McAllister, PhD is Episode 62's guest. Dr. McAllister is a Research Scientist in Ruminant Nutrition & Microbiology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Watch -
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1/6 In case it comes up.
Global sector percentages of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions should not be used in discussions of individual country's sectors. epa.gov/ghgemissions/g…
2/6 The %s in the US (which contributes 15% of the global total) looks very different than the global total for a number of reasons: Nature of economy; Population; Efficiency of ag; Fuel sources; Standard of living; etc. epa.gov/ghgemissions/i…
3/6 In the US, ag is included with forestry and land us changes in the accounting of emissions. When the sequestration is accounted for, that sector more than offsets its emissions. The only sector to do so. Today. epa.gov/ghgemissions/i…
1/n Food for thought:
An understanding of metabolic health and a species appropriate diet hasn't informed conversations about sustainable health care. The "downstream" effects of food choices are usually informed by the received wisdom of the official "healthy diet."
What if:
2/n So what if, just speculating wildly here, what if there was a way for people with T2D to stop using those medications? I know, that sounds like crazy-talk, but hear me out.
Big numbers and unfamiliar units are sometimes hard to visualize, so here's one equivalent:
3/n And another (I'll add more).
Remember:
- These figures are *just* for the diabetes pharmaceuticals
- These figures do not include medications for related metabolic diseases.
Please note: These are preliminary figures. I've asked folks to check my work.