Treasury flourishes in vegetable diet

If people would eat more plant foods, it is not only good for health but also for the public finances.

In the case of Belgium, the Government would save nearly 1.3 billion in twenty years as 10 percent of adults would switch to a vegetable or Mediterranean diet, he said Friday at a symposium in Brussels. Vegetarian or vegan is not required: less meat and more often nuts, legumes, vegetables, fruits and soy products is enough.

Former professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Harry Aiking suggested ' the hard data 'to be submitted to the Dutch government. ' In view of the tremendous cost and increase the quality of life, the government, given the huge population aging, be sure to take a responsibility. ''