Increasing acres to decrease inches: Comparing the agricultural land requirements of a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet with a mypyramid diet

Jennifer Lynn Wilkins; Christian Peters; Michael W. Hamm; Erica Lynn Reinhardt

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Increasing acres to decrease inches: Comparing the agricultural land requirements of a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet with a mypyramid diet

Jennifer Lynn Wilkins, Christian Peters, Michael W. Hamm, Erica Lynn Reinhardt

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In low-carbohydrate, high-protein (LCHP) diets, the proportion of calories from animal products is high relative to plant food intake. To better understand some of the natural resource implications of LCHP diets, this analysis compared the agricultural land requirements of a popular LCHP diet (the Atkins diet) with a diet based on USDA MyPyramid (MP) recommendations. The LCHP diet required nearly twice as much (80% more) land than the MP diet, but feeding the people who currently follow LCHP diets would only require a modest increase in the total area of land harvested for food.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3-16
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19320240802163480
State	Published - Jun 2008

Keywords

Agriculture
Atkins
Farm land
Low carbohydrate diet
MyPyramid
Obesity
Sustainability
Weight loss

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Health(social science)
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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