NOVALAB-Canada
Data
Year of publication
2020
Type
Qualitative
Design
Narrative
Classification
Other (non-stated)
Country studied
Global
Data
Secondary
Data Collected
Literature
Study setting
Retail
Age group of participant
N/A
Participant sex
N/A
Target population
General
Sample size
N/A
The degradation of sustainability of food systems by excess
ultra-processed and animal foods: The 3V rule to counteract
it/Human Nutrition Unit
Goal
Propose a simple and efficient lever: the three golden rules for healhty, ethical and sustainable food systems.
Results
Evidence show that the protective diet for human health, animal biodiversity and well-being, and environment follows the rule of the 3V for “Végétal, Vrai, Varié”: Végétal (Plant-based foods): maximum 15% daily animal calories; Vrai (Real food): maximum 15% daily ultra-processed calories; Varié (Varied foods): among real foods eat diversified, if possible organic, local and seasonal. Thus, decreasing ultra-processed food consumption has an immediate positive impact on global food system sustainability, notably protecting small farmers, culinary tradition, socioeconomics, environment, biodiversity
Authors
Fardet A, Rock E.
Journal
DOI