What will the world look like in 2061? | vegetarianism is king?

The August issue of the Spanish monthly magazine Fun, titled "Food To Come," looks ahead to what the world will be like in 2061. The author is Elena Sans. An excerpt from the article follows:

It's hard to imagine how we'll eat in 40 years, but it's safe to say that the food on the table will change. Overpopulation and the shortcomings of traditional agriculture and livestock have forced humanity to seek new solutions. In the future, food should not only stop the progression of the disease, but also benefit the health of all mankind, including vegetarian food.

Sustainability is a major reason for those advocating vegetarianism to tackle dietary problems. Is there a basis for this theory? Or is it just speculation? In this regard, Paul Palmquist, a paleontologist at the University of Malaga, pointed out that in general, humans evolved from omnivorous primates and adapted more to carnivorous intake than apes, including the shortening of the digestive tract, the ability to synthesize amino acids that are lacking in plants and necessary for humans, preferring to absorb iron related to certain components in the blood of animals rather than iron ions contained in plants, and so on. In fact, the best sources of iron in our diets are not spinach and lentils, but mollusks such as mussels and clams, or beef liver. Pamquist argues that humans began a meat-based diet 2.5 million years ago, and then tooling innovations have enabled humans to capture more food to meet the growing needs of the brain. In addition, evolution has shortened the human digestive tract, preventing us from eating only plants with a lot of fiber and more difficult to digest than meat. According to natural conditions, this trend of meat consumption should continue to increase, but over the centuries, human cultural progress is more than biological evolution, so all development is possible, and even it is possible to return to the trend of vegetarian diet.

For the University of Copenhagen gastronomic and culinary innovation teacher Ollie For G. Morritson, the idea of a return to vegetarianism isn't crazy. When we asked him how he thought people would eat in 2061, the expert said without hesitation: "There is nothing we can do but change the global food system and eat more products at the lower end of the food chain, mainly plants, algae and fungi." "Consume at least 500 grams of fruits, vegetables and algae per day.

Humans evolved to love both sweet and salty tastes, which are exactly what meat can provide. "We ate meat for 2 million years and didn't get tired of it at all." Morritson said. So we salivate over steaks, but we don't think about beets or broccoli.

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