Many global health risks are related to what and how much we eat. At the same time, the production of food, especially from animal origin, contributes to environmental change at a scale that threatens boundaries of a safe operating space for humanity. Here we outline viable solutions how to reconcile healthy protein consumption and sustainable protein production which requires a solid, interdisciplinary evidence base. We review the role of proteins for human and ecosystem health, including physiological effects of dietary proteins, production potentials from agricultural and aquaculture systems, environmental impacts of protein production, and mitigation potentials of transforming current production systems. Various protein sources from plant and animal origin, including insects and fish, are discussed in the light of their health and environmental implications. Integration of available knowledge is essential to move from a dual problem description (“healthy diets versus environment”) towards approaches that frame the food challenge of reconciling human and ecosystem health in the context of planetary health. This endeavor requires a shifting focus from metrics at the level of macronutrients to whole diets and a better understanding of the full cascade of health effects caused by dietary proteins, including health risks from food-related environmental degradation.
Weindl I., Ost M., Wiedmer P., Schreiner M., Neugart S., Klopsch R., Kühnhold H., Kloas W., Henkel I.M., Schlüter O., Bußler S., Bellingrath-Kimura S.D., Ma H., Grune T., Rolinski S. and Klaus S. (2020) Sustainable food protein supply reconciling human and ecosystem health: A Leibniz Position. Global Food Security 25: 100367. 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100367
@article{Weindl2020,
Title = {Sustainable food protein supply reconciling human and ecosystem health: A Leibniz Position},
Author = {Weindl, Isabelle and Ost, Mario and Wiedmer, Petra and Schreiner, Monika and Neugart, Susanne and Klopsch, Rebecca and Kühnhold, Holger and Kloas, Werner and Henkel, Ina M. and Schlüter, Oliver and Bußler, Sara and Bellingrath-Kimura, Sonoko D. and Ma, Hua and Grune, Tilman and Rolinski, Susanne and Klaus, Susanne},
Editor = {},
Journal = {Global Food Security},
Year = {2020},
Pages = {100367},
Volume = {25},
Doi = {10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100367},
Abstract = {Many global health risks are related to what and how much we eat. At the same time, the production of food, especially from animal origin, contributes to environmental change at a scale that threatens boundaries of a safe operating space for humanity. Here we outline viable solutions how to reconcile healthy protein consumption and sustainable protein production which requires a solid, interdisciplinary evidence base. We review the role of proteins for human and ecosystem health, including physiological effects of dietary proteins, production potentials from agricultural and aquaculture systems, environmental impacts of protein production, and mitigation potentials of transforming current production systems. Various protein sources from plant and animal origin, including insects and fish, are discussed in the light of their health and environmental implications. Integration of available knowledge is essential to move from a dual problem description (“healthy diets versus environment”) towards approaches that frame the food challenge of reconciling human and ecosystem health in the context of planetary health. This endeavor requires a shifting focus from metrics at the level of macronutrients to whole diets and a better understanding of the full cascade of health effects caused by dietary proteins, including health risks from food-related environmental degradation.},
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TY - JOUR
AU - Weindl, Isabelle
AU - Ost, Mario
AU - Wiedmer, Petra
AU - Schreiner, Monika
AU - Neugart, Susanne
AU - Klopsch, Rebecca
AU - Kühnhold, Holger
AU - Kloas, Werner
AU - Henkel, Ina M.
AU - Schlüter, Oliver
AU - Bußler, Sara
AU - Bellingrath-Kimura, Sonoko D.
AU - Ma, Hua
AU - Grune, Tilman
AU - Rolinski, Susanne
AU - Klaus, Susanne
TI - Sustainable food protein supply reconciling human and ecosystem health: A Leibniz Position
T2 - Global Food Security
PY - 2020
SP - 100367
VL - 25
DO - 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100367
AB - Many global health risks are related to what and how much we eat. At the same time, the production of food, especially from animal origin, contributes to environmental change at a scale that threatens boundaries of a safe operating space for humanity. Here we outline viable solutions how to reconcile healthy protein consumption and sustainable protein production which requires a solid, interdisciplinary evidence base. We review the role of proteins for human and ecosystem health, including physiological effects of dietary proteins, production potentials from agricultural and aquaculture systems, environmental impacts of protein production, and mitigation potentials of transforming current production systems. Various protein sources from plant and animal origin, including insects and fish, are discussed in the light of their health and environmental implications. Integration of available knowledge is essential to move from a dual problem description (“healthy diets versus environment”) towards approaches that frame the food challenge of reconciling human and ecosystem health in the context of planetary health. This endeavor requires a shifting focus from metrics at the level of macronutrients to whole diets and a better understanding of the full cascade of health effects caused by dietary proteins, including health risks from food-related environmental degradation.
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