my d.s.l. is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make signals greener how can we protect habitats we can make a difference global ideas for fundamental series again $3000.00 on g.w. and online. well into the health show on t.w. . here's your host to cast in liquid tatts. hello and welcome to in good shape did she know that more people die from air pollution than from smoking. and that's just one problem because this is killing all planet to all those exhaust you changing all the time even for me as a g.p.

it's a very important topic will there be a look at each of us what will be each in the future and what about the rising temperatures of the house our bodies in the year 2018 in germany no more than $1000.00 people were killed in. extremely hot days and lingering he took night for days in a row that's becoming more common in many parts as climate change advances. it's not good for our health in fact heat can kill it's a country and her cheek can become a health risk factor especially if it goes on for a long time by even dr hitz elite subjects the body to enormous stress at some point the body gets exhausted after a year. during lengthy heatwaves hospital emergency rooms are overrun.

it's good for me to view there are more viruses and bacteria and we have to take that into account we also see cases of flu and i don't usual times of the year so significant changes are indeed underway. extended periods of greater heat can trigger cardiac arrhythmia that has to do with sweating a mechanism whereby the body tries to cool itself sweater back parades it draws heat out of the body the body cools. but sweat depletes the party of water amino acids you rear and salts otherwise known as electrolytes. we need electrolytes so that we don't get cardiac arrhythmia or feel extremely weak that patients notice when say their potassium level is low because they have occasional extra heartbeats well their heart misses a beat have all said that when it gets very hot our blood pressure compliment that

too is a result of the body working to cool itself down. if our body temperature rises above $37.00 degrees celsius our blood vessels become dilated which expands their surface area. the veins stand out helping to cool the blood but very dilation means the pressure in the vessels declines that can be risky for patients who already take drugs to lower their blood pressure it can drop so low they faint . that's what happened to him on an exceptionally hot day after i felt strange all of a sudden here i felt really awful so i went inside and at that moment everything went black in front of my eyes and. for how dr the case was clear. often medication needs to be adjusted to cope with long

hot spells. on can reduce the dosage or stop taking a certain drugs varies and depends on the underlying disease some patients don't just have high blood pressure but also have heart disease or kidney disease. at charity university hospital in berlin climate change has become a topic of research one hypothesis is that a warming environment jeopardizes the healing of wounds for example after an operation. are lots of bacteria on our skin and in our gut we're seeing more and more ones that get infected one possible explanation for that is as these bacteria change during lengthy spells. of. pathogens lurking in hospitals also burgeoning when it's warm.

but. studies confirm that there is a link between warmer weather especially for lengthy periods and the incidence of infected wounds that could constitute a risk to patients. that conditioning could help according to dr one ski domenica he studies public health on the environment and says health care facilities across germany need to adapt to rising temperatures and lengthy heat waves. to some hospitals in france for example have one in a conditioned room for patients on every floor says that's certainly something worth considering. climate change is set to become a major challenge for all of us and for our health care providers. to see yes when it's hot outside bringing its southern lifestyle to the north this could be one way in dealing with. i would change but honestly

this is not the solution what the solution could be this is what i'm going to talk about with your husband today from look this is the german alliance for climate change and to help. the climate crisis as a whole so the health crisis but with a healthy lifestyle we can protect our wellbeing and planet at the same time. we here at the labyrinth judy museum in berlin currently an exhibition about climate change and this is our topic we'll talk about because you're a co-founder of cold look which means smart so what about so we did german climate change and help once and we found it. years ago and we're interdisciplinary. health professionals doctors nurses and so our main

goal is to put health into center of climate change discussions so weiss is so important because everybody's talking about the health of our planet why do we have to focus on health 2 because as humans we are connected parts to our direct environment people can only exist on the planet earth and climate change will influence of course nature around us but also human health and whatever your facts that climate change has an odd body direct effect affix i don't know if you have heat waves or extreme weather when thawed a direct effect of these on our human health and indirect effects are fixed on will if we have. warmer temperatures and higher concentrations of c o 2 trees producing more paul for example so people who have elegies will suffer more from these conditions and even some different diseases coming out of this

climate change so they're not new diseases coming up but diseases we normally know for decelerate the reaches of our world will come to us as well so for example talking about. insects who transmitted diseases day will come to our regions as well what about different parts of the world where it's already hot and warm if you have a look at the areas around equator in 2050 there will be areas where humans won't be able to live anymore and just because the heat is so extreme that we can't adapt to it physically these people living around these areas they will have to look for new areas to live so people will migrate and they will also come to your obviously so you are fighting against climate change in your lines so what did you achieve so far. for example this year the german doctor said we will talk about climate change and health as a main topic so it's a really big achievement because the years before it never really talked about it

and also our health minister he just claimed saving to climate means saving our health so he's starting to talk about it morris world and we also have local groups who act on a local level they're talking with directors from courtney's but also from universities to bring up this topic more and more so there's some political pressure building up actually but what can i do what can we all do so of course we can change our way of living and it's definitely one thing we need to do but there are 2 other things i think that are even more important the 1st thing is that we have to talk with our friends and family about a topic because only by talking about it we will find solutions that have a broad acceptance in our society and as well we have to be get politically engaged so that we can demand for the politicians for the change really to reduce emissions so that for example cities built cycling pathways that the cost we have to pay for

products really represents a cost that is put onto nature also and of course there's some of that contains a far more detailed meals and then of course we have to change our way of living also eating less meat taking the bike more often so our lives will change actually in everybody's just talking about traffic about electric cars about taking the bikes but you said a vegetarian diet might be important as well because we have to talk about livestock and the industrialized meat production we think that more than 50 percent of all the pollution gases are coming from life stock so maybe it's time to turn to vegetarian diets. huge pig and cattle farms and industrial scale meat production consume a lot. of energy and have a major impact on our environment and climate so what effect does our diet have on our planet and our health. these questions were the focus of

a recent study by climate scientists. and an international team of researchers. is the 1st time ever we do a scientific assessment linking sustainability of food. which is. healthy diet. we would actually cut down by half the food system. climate change for example a very significant contribution to the study shows very clearly the repercussions of diet the production of food takes up 40 percent of the earth's land surface and 70 percent of the world's freshwater and it's responsible for 30 percent of greenhouse gases. depleted of nutrients requires more fertilizer and the global appetite for meat means that more and more rain forest is being cleared to make way for cattle grazing land and. the research is also made

dietary recommendations. they advise no more than 40 grams of me. around 500 grams of fruit and vegetables. 250 grams of dairy products. to much of the world this would entail a substantial change in how we eat. this diet would be a major benefit to our health. and the health of the planet. here is to get the food into the climate negotiations and right into the climate action to understand that it's not enough to just decarbonize the world's energy system we need to decarbonize and get sustainable food systems as well. as a change of mindset is what's needed after all it's. suma habits that shape and. each one of us has to decide what we do for our health and the future of our planet . so how much meat do you eat i actually have been eating meat for 9

years already so you return yeah ok so is the vegetarian diet a diode you would recommend for say everybody there definitely are the least i would recommend to reduce the consumption of meat because it's way healthier as well for of course for our planet and as well for our human health but it's very very difficult to change habits especially the eating habits so you've got any tips how to change it it's not about everything or nothing i think reducing the meat consumption step by step with the key to how to deal with this problem so of course their meat imitation product and you can use them and also there's a hell fire to it is the recommended by the lancet dissent of a journal we've been talking about over and they're. recommending it died which includes meat and fish but only in their demand so if somebody wants to go play

based on his or her diet would you recommend using those beet turnitin is like meat in the beginning i think it can make things easier but still often very processed and contain a lot of salt so in the end you should aim for eating more lentils beans for example so products like tofu or tempe and also nuts and seeds or if you want to top off your protein levels you can even eat some insects i mean many people around the brought eating insects on a regular basis they are very nutritious they're tasty they're high in protein and they harm our environment much less than for instance carl's. is this the food of the. future it could be since 2018 the european union allows insects to be processed into food and supermarket chains are already offering

products made of insect flour or even entire larvae like buffalo and meal worms in many parts of the world insects have been consumed for millennia and insects are even considered delicacies. but in europe a relatively new colony or a concept the e.u. has strict hygiene regulations for insect farming species raised for food include grasshoppers and crickets. and buffalo while. the worms are fed a special powder after just 2 weeks these luvvie are ready to be harvested then put on a diet to empty their powells that's where most bacteria would be found. then they're washed and frozen. as a final hygienic measure before they're marketed heated to at least 85 degrees celsius. in view of the rapidly rising world population the

united nations and many experts have long viewed insects as an important food for the future it could be the only feasible way of meeting our protein needs. another advantage of insect farming is sustainability insects grow quickly and don't need much feed and raising them doesn't require much energy or other resources. producing one kilogram of beef takes around 15000 liters of water a kilo of insect meat requires just 4000 liters cattle consumer around 8 kilograms of feet per kilo of meat insects just 2 kilos. edible insect products include different kinds of pastor. energy bars and insect snacks like chips there's a huge variety with a large range of tastes but for those of us who aren't used to eating insects what

are they like. what good it's ok. like whole grain. this burger chain in germany has insect patterns on the menu some of the guests are intrigued and willing to give it a try. something different people eat this in lots of countries it's just a matter of attitude. so why not be daring and give insects a try you never know they might taste better than you think. so what about you have you ever eaten some insects to try them out of curiosity and out of the tasty i don't have to try it again try to know it ok i think. there were maybe it's a cultural thing so i'm very interested in you did you ever eat insects and how did

they taste to you why don't you just write me an e-mail with your experiences and if you're already at your computer screen write me an email with your questions to . shape your weekly health show on t w covers many aspects of health care look at what's new in the medical treatment nutrition fitness and beauty. we talk about these topics in depth with experts and give you the chance to pose your own questions so do get in touch. so if we all would start eating insects now with the stop climate change unfortunately it's not only about our nutrition about how we generate power for example but it will definitely oh it could help a little bit and in fact a really efficient convert. in fruit into mass you could say for producing one kilogram of insects you only need 2 kilograms of feed and for example whereas for

producing one kilogram of. beef you need 8 kilograms of each what else must have to slow down climate change a lot because we are far away from reaching the climate goals remans and also clements that scientists that tipping points from when we're talking about climate change are also talking about a tipping balance we're going to reach them earlier than expected for example one tipping point is when the problem for us to molt rethink is evaporating and the thing is that climate gases well are greenhouse gas and so to process will be accelerated and this is not reversible once it's not reversible and it will make other tipping points for some melting of the glaciers and ice caps to be to accelerate as well so what are you doing personally so i'm a vegetarian grower talk about that i'm also trying to buy more secondhand clothes also to buy 2nd hand gadgets making the bicycle more often and physically engaged

as a client activists or you could see right here but i think there are some opportunities involved as well to stop climate change in mitigation measures yes and it's really important to talk about that as well because climate change like to stop climate change will benefit our health as well for example if we take the bicycle off we are physical effort. and then a lot of other diseases we call the non-communicable diseases there are caused by our lifestyle so eating too much sugar too fatty not moving enough and by living a more active lifestyle for example and reducing the consumption if we'd get healthier as well so we can save yourself and by the way we have saved time too. because. we haven't discussed this population. experts believe that in the year 2050 there will be 10000000000 people living on this planet which is 2000000000 more than today but how many people can we feed. by the year

2050 will we be able to feed the global population with organic farming or is that just a pipe dream. scientists in christian charter have published an initial study commissioned by the un food and agriculture organization. the results don't make for good reading. our calculations have shown that we would need a lot more land and that would mean tremendous changes if we were to produce like we do today it's basically impossible and. the study concludes that if we continue as we have so far we were not be able to reliably feed humanity either with organic or with conventional farming the researches took a number of factors into account for instance eating habits which around the globe have come to resemble the prevailing western lifestyle. more and more people want

to eat meat and dairy products. that means a drastic rise in the need for animal feed to produce all that along with the environmental damage that would result. to. at present global meat consumption is $320000000.00 tonnes a year it's predicted to rise by half as much again by 2050 demand for eggs and milk will also go up dramatically. raises the question of where they'll come from so we don't have any extra land that we could use without losing a huge amount of forest grasslands would be associated or full impact on biodiversity and so on words. so how to secure the global food supply in the long term. harvest says not simply by producing more.

production has already been highly optimized in most western countries and many other countries so that means the natural potential for producing food on a given amount of farmland has already been reached. and we have to think about changing things and the entire nutritional system to address this problem more effectively he runs. the scientists have taken a closer look at global food consumption and come up with 2 strategies this is absolute it's absurd to expect increased yield on long to solve the problem of world food security 3rd to one half of all food is being thrown away. so the 1st strategy calls for less food waste the 2nd is about raising animals for meat. the scientists pool the strategy feed no food the idea here is that animals should not be fed anything that people could eat when we feed plants to animals and then eat their meat many valuable calories are lost if we ate the

saw corn and wheat that's currently used as fodder we'd get around 20 percent more calories. than for that reason animals should be fed exclusively on grass and waste products in keeping with traditional farming methods. doing without meat altogether is not the solution say the study's all fits 2 thirds of the world's cultural land is pasture land it's too barren or uneven for cultivation it's best suited to growing grass and not much more. used as grassland for human nutrition. such as cows sheep and goats are an important element in turning grouse into food for humans. we should maintain a healthy food just then also richard protein. the study finds that it's resource needs to be used to secure

a food for the world but it does recommend lowering meat consumption considerably. your business can flourish we don't have to stop eating meat if we reduce our meat consumption by half that's already drastic but doable i'd say it's not about implementing extremes it's about moving in the right direction and thinking. all the calculations point to a drastic cut you know meat consumption it's not really necessary. we don't really have a choice and we have to achieve this somehow if we want to feed the world in a way that makes sense on this planet and if we don't do that then we'll have no chance anyway. conditionals. the recommendations forward by the 2 scientists are clear. the difficult part will be implementing them . that's it for today and today i won't commute by car

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