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Germans told to stop eating so much schnitzel and bratwurst
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by Amy Judd | January 24, 2009 at 02:09 pm
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Germany's federal environmental agency has asked Germans to limit their meat intake and only eat meat on special occasions. German's mostly have a diet that is heavy on animal products.
The production of meat acconts for about one fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned that by 2050, meat production could be in the 456 million tonnes range, which would be double the numbers in 2001.
About 40 percent of German's calorie intake is from animal products.
"I recommend a return to Sunday roasts and an orientation on Mediterranean eating habits," Andreas Troge, the head of the federal environmental agency UBA, told the daily Berliner Zeitung.
He added that a reduction in meat consumption would also yield health benefits.
Research by the World Wildlife Fund found that a single kilogram of beef requires 16,000 litres of water, taking into account a three-year lifespan for a cow, the grain it eats in its lifetime, and the water it drinks.
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at 15:18 on January 24th, 2009
Good report. Probably good idea for us too.
I have been to Germany and I like schnitzel but not.bratwurst.
at 22:29 on January 24th, 2009
Schnitzel, wurst and a lot of meat cooked almost the same are frequent in countries like Austria, Hungary and Romania too, but I don't know the exact percents, but the heat deaseases are frequent in this places.
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at 23:44 on January 24th, 2009
A german Bratwurst, what it looks like, when it's real home made! So I will eat less Bratwurst in future, even if it hurts!
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at 00:01 on January 25th, 2009
I do fully agree with that. German do eat a lot of meat mainly in the south though, in the north they do eat mainly fish.
at 14:15 on January 25th, 2009
It will never happen, meat is a way of life for Germans.
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at 14:33 on January 25th, 2009
thumbs up from this vegetarian
at 03:19 on January 30th, 2009
this is a simple Schnitzel in Koln
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at 14:29 on February 2nd, 2009
Schnitzel is great! With fries.