SCRAP factory farming’s case, currently before the ECHR, does not reference the direct health issues associated with animal product consumption, because the harm is not directly related to factory farms per se.
Thinking about your health
The Lancet and the WHO are clear
Given the risks to human health contained in this knowledge base, it follows that removing factory farms and not replacing animal numbers via other systems or imports, will de facto move us in line with recommendations for healthier eating recommendations for example:
1 the Eat Lancet Commission says that less than 15 of calories should come from animal foods 2.Less than 20& of children in the UK eat enough fruit and vegetables
3. The cancer agency of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( classified the consumption of processed red meat (including beef, lamb, and pork) as carcinogenic to humans, and as probably carcinogenic if eaten in unprocessed form ( IARC 2015)
🔗 Source: Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT– Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
“ Unhealthy diets are one of the leading risk factors for chronic illness both globally and in
the UK with 1 in 5 deaths attributable to an unhealthy diet. These diets are characterised by being too high in animal and processed foods and insufficient in terms of whole plant foods.”
Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
“Animal derived food products are themselves linked to higher rates of noncommunicable diseases, including some cancers and diabetes.”
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