Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Diets with Improved Omega-3 Fatty Acid Profiles.

ABSTRACT: A high incidence of cardiovascular disease is observed worldwide, and dietary habits are one of the risk factors for these diseases. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the diet help to prevent cardiovascular disease. We used life cycle assessment to analyse the potential of two strategies to improve the nutritional and environmental characteristics of French diets: 1) modifying diets by changing the quantities and proportions of foods and 2) increasing the omega-3 contents in diets by replacing mainly animal foods with equivalent animal foods having higher omega-3 contents. We also investigated other possibilities for reducing environmental impacts. Our results showed that a diet compliant with nutritional recommendations for macronutrients had fewer environmental impacts than the curr

SUBMITTER: Coelho CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978454 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature