Healthy People, Healthy Planet
The Healthy People, Healthy Planet Podcast explores a simple question with complicated answers: What should we eat if we want to be healthy without harming the planet?
In each episode, researchers and experts unpack the science behind sustainable diets and explain why food choices are rarely as simple as “good” or “bad”.
You will learn how diet connects to health, climate, food systems and the cultural habits that shape what we eat, from what defines a sustainable diet to why changing our behaviour is so difficult.
If you want a clearer and more nuanced understanding of sustainable diets and the trade-offs behind them, this podcast will help you make sense of the science.
Producer and publisher: Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy
Audio editor: Mediehuset Periskop
Healthy People, Healthy Planet
Episode 3: Less but better!
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What does it mean to eat less, but better?
In this episode, hosts Adam Fogarasi and Gretchen Repasky explore a concept that is often misunderstood as restriction, but is better understood as balance. Moving beyond the idea of cutting out entire food groups, the episode examines how smaller amounts of nutrient-dense foods can support both human health and environmental sustainability.
Drawing on perspectives from nutrition science, environmental research and the food industry, the episode highlights the importance of quality, moderation and diversity. It shows how replacing nutrient-rich foods with highly processed alternatives can undermine both health and sustainability goals, and why a more thoughtful approach to food choices matters.
Featuring Lea Brader, Arla Foods and Matilda Nordman Technical University Denmark, the conversation connects everyday eating habits with the broader concept of planetary boundaries. It makes clear that food choices must operate within environmental limits, while still meeting nutritional needs.
At its core, the episode reframes “less but better” as a practical approach to eating. Not about restriction or perfection, but about making more deliberate choices that nourish both people and planet over time.
Episode info
Guests
Lea Brader. MSc, PhD; Senior Scientist, Arla Foods[Linjeskift til tekstombrydning]Matilda Nordman, MSc, PhD; Researcher, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University Denmark
Hosts
Adam Fogarasi, PhD student, University of Copenhagen, Gretchen Repasky, Center Scientific Manager, Center for Protein Design, University of Copenhagen
Publisher: Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy
Audio engineering: Periscope
Producer: Adam Fogarasi, Gretchen Repasky