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Turkey Dinner: Good For You, Bad For the Planet? | National Geographic


on Thanksgiving Day the United States of
America will consume an estimated 46
million turkeys on a recent study
concludes that a typical turkey feast
for eight people produces approximately
44 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions
the lifecycle of the turkey alone makes
up 60% of the total carbon footprint the
remaining percentage is attributed to
growing the vegetables food storage
consumer’s shopping cooking the meal at
home and waste management but don’t
cancel the dinner party just yet
turkey dinners are full of health
benefits a three ounce serving of Turkey
provides 25 grams of protein has about
24 micrograms of selenium and around 196
milligrams of phosphorus turkey dinners
also offer a handful of B vitamins
including b6 and tryptophan what people
think makes you sleepy is actually an
essential amino acid happy Thanksgiving
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