Who knew that eating dal as a daily source of protein could make Indians more eco-friendly and reduce their carbon imprint? We may be floundering in many areas as a nation, but according to a recent study by a team of researchers at Louisiana’s Tulane University, our natural diet helps us maintain a lower carbon footprint. The US had the highest carbon footprint, while India had the smallest, said the study, which surveyed and studied the food consumption of Germany, India, the Netherlands, Oman, Thailand, Uruguay and the United States. Diego Rose, Professor and Director of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, and the paper’s corresponding author, told Mongabay-India, “India’s guidelines have the lowest carbon footprint from all the ones we studied. Close to half [48 per cent] of the footprint is due to the dairy recommendation, about 30 per cent comes from vegetables and 13 per cent from grains.”

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