Fitness influencers make the case for plant-based protein
Climate Connections

Fitness influencers make the case for plant-based protein

B1IntermediateOctober 12, 20261 min
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Advocates say eating more plants could benefit athletes' health while also reducing the climate impact of their diets. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. People who are serious about working out and bulking up are often looking for ways to eat more protein. And because they're wanting to eat more and more protein, they're also eating more and

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more animal products. But Emily Fitch, founder of the nonprofit People for Better Food, says that eating too much meat and dairy can harm people's health. And it's also bad for the climate, because animal agriculture is responsible for a lot

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of carbon pollution. So her group launched a campaign called Plants for the Wind. They teamed up with social media influencers, such as the bodybuilder Jesse James West, who has more than 9 million YouTube followers, to spread the word about the benefits of

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