Could you be flexitarian?

Question 1

flexitarian

Answer 1

a diet based on eating mostly plant-based food and only occasionally eating meat.

are you flexitarian?
one of the reasons for being flexitarian and only eating meat once in a while is for the benefit of the planet. According to a recent report, being flexitarian is healthier for the individual but can also help to fight climate change.

Question 2

ethical

Answer 2

doing something for ethical reasons means doing it as a moral choice because you believe it is the right thing to do.

Some people don’t eat meat for ethical reasons. That means that for them it’s wrong to eat meat, it’s wrong that animals should be killed for our food. But one of the reasons for being flexitarian and only eating meat once in a while is for the benefit of the planet. According to a recent report, being flexitarian is healthier for the individual but can also help to fight climate change.

Question 3

a combination of measures

Answer 3

a number of different actions.
a variety of different actions.

We really found that a combination of measures would be needed to stay within environmental limits and those include changes towards healthier more plant-based diets, ambitious technological improvements and changes in farming management, and a reduction of food loss and waste.

Question 4

ambitious

Answer 4

impressive and out of the ordinary.
Ambitious here means the developments will have to be ‘impressive, above the ordinary and not simple’.

We really found that a combination of measures would be needed to stay within environmental limits and those include changes towards healthier more plant-based diets, ambitious technological improvements and changes in farming management, and a reduction of food loss and waste.

Question 5

survey the literature

Answer 5

study previously published scientific research.
This means that as part of their report they studied different scientific research that had previously been published. Their advice is based on the evidence of those research papers.

we surveyed the literature on what a healthy diet is and according to that, if you treat it as a luxury, it’s probably OK but you shouldn’t have more than one serving of red meat, which includes beef and pork, per week.

Question 6

a luxury

Answer 6

a food that we really like but we only have it rarely because it’s expensive, rare and/or bad for our health.
A luxury food is one that we really enjoy but don’t eat very often – perhaps because it’s very expensive or rare.

Well, we looked … we surveyed the literature on what a healthy diet is and according to that, if you treat it as a luxury, it’s probably OK but you shouldn’t have more than one serving of red meat, which includes beef and pork, per week.