Zowonjezeranso kuti 1/3 ya mafuta onse omwe amapangidwa ku United States amapita ku ulimi wamakono. Malingana ndi kafukufuku wa American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1), kupanga kalori imodzi ya mapuloteni a zinyama kumafuna nthawi zopitirira khumi mafuta opangira mafuta monga calorie ya mapuloteni. Izi zikutanthauza kuti nthawi khumi kuchuluka kwa carbon dioxide kumatulutsidwa. Kodi zonsezi zimawonongeka kuti?
Nyama iliyonse imene imaphedwa kuti idye chakudya imayenera kudyetsedwa ndi mbewu, soya, ndi mbewu zina. Kupanga mbewu izi kumafuna mphamvu yogwiritsira ntchito. Chakudya chimenechi chiyenera kukololedwa, kutumizidwa ku feedlots. Kuchokera ku feedlots, nyama zimatengedwa kupita kukaphedwa, mitembo nthawi zambiri imatayidwa (mumagalimoto amodzi ozizira). Nthawi yotsatira mukamayendetsa galimoto, yang'anani magalimoto onse omwe akuzungulira ndikuganiza za mpweya ndi mafuta omwe magalimotowa akugwiritsa ntchito poyendetsa zipangizo kuchokera kumalo osiyanasiyana. Ambiri mwa magalimoto amenewa akutumiza chakudya cha nyama, kapena nyama.
Lipoti lina la New Scientist linanena kuti kuyendetsa galimoto yosakanizidwa osati galimoto yambiri kungasungire tani imodzi ya carbon dioxide pachaka.
Chakudya chamagazi, komabe, amadya matani limodzi ndi hafu kupatula chakudya chodyera ku America (2). Kulandira chakudya cha vegan kumachita zambiri kuti kuchepetsa mpweya kusiyana ndi kuyendetsa galimoto yowakanizidwa! Ndi mphamvu zofunikira kupanga hamburger imodzi, mukhoza kuyendetsa galimoto yaying'ono makilomita makumi awiri. Nthawi yotsatira mukakhala mukulakalaka burger, ganizirani za ulendo wopambana womwe mungatenge!
Chotsatira: Kudya Nyama ndi Kuchotsa Mvula
Kambiranani pazitukuko zamasamba.
Chitsime:
(1) David Pimentel ndi Marcia Pimentel, "Kukhazikika kwa Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya ndi Zomera, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 78.3 (2003)
The New Scientist, "Ndibwino kuti Green Food yako Kuposa Galimoto Yanu," 17 Dec 2005.