Plant-Based Diet Cuts Your Carbon Footprint In Half | New Study With Dr. Hana Kahleova

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New research shows that simply choosing plant-based foods can slash your environmental footprint — and dramatically improve your health at the same time.

In this episode of The Exam Room Podcast, Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Hana Kahleova to uncover how different diets compare when it comes to land use, water use, greenhouse gases, and planetary health.

The results are stunning:

🌱 Vegan diets use up to 8× less land 💧 Up to 85× less water 🔥 Up to 28× lower warming potential 💰 Cheaper and healthier overall 🏋️ Participants in clinical trials lost 14+ pounds while cutting their carbon footprint in half

🌎 Review the study: https://bit.ly/PlantBasedCarbonFootprint

If you feel like you raised your health IQ by a point or two, please consider leaving a five-star rating and nice review wherever you're listening.

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New research shows that simply choosing plant-based foods can slash your environmental footprint — and dramatically improve your health at the same time.

In this episode of The Exam Room Podcast, Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Hana Kahleova to uncover how different diets compare when it comes to land use, water use, greenhouse gases, and planetary health.

The results are stunning:

🌱 Vegan diets use up to 8× less land 💧 Up to 85× less water 🔥 Up to 28× lower warming potential 💰 Cheaper and healthier overall 🏋️ Participants in clinical trials lost 14+ pounds while cutting their carbon footprint in half

🌎 Review the study: https://bit.ly/PlantBasedCarbonFootprint

If you feel like you raised your health IQ by a point or two, please consider leaving a five-star rating and nice review wherever you're listening.

2025-11-25 25 min
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