The world really would be a better place if we were all vegan, Oxford University researchers have said – with 8.1 million deaths avoided every year by 2050.
If we all switched to an all-veg diet, it would also save billions of pounds in healthcare and costs caused by climate damage.
‘What we eat greatly influences our personal health and the global environment,’ said lead author Marco Springmann of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food.
The Oxford University researchers modelled the effects of four different diets by mid-century – and found that a change to veganism would have a huge impact on our planet, if implemented worldwide.
They found thate 8.1 million fewer people would die in a world of vegans who do not consume animal products, including eggs and milk.
When it comes to climate change, adopting vegan diets would cut food-related emissions by 70 percent.