The Planetary Health Diet is a nutritional concept that is intended to protect both human health and the health of the planet. It was developed in 2019 by the international EAT-Lancet Commission, a team of 37 experts from various scientific disciplines from 16 countries. It was updated in the 2025 report.
Sustainable, healthy and globally implementable nutrition
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The basis is scientific findings from nutrition and health research, supplemented by environmental analyses. The goal is a diet that is sustainable, healthy and can be implemented worldwide.
Updated recommendations: This is what the Federal Center for Nutrition says
The Federal Center for Nutrition (BZfE) has taken up the current findings of the EAT-Lancet Commission and put a concrete daily plan on its website. Anyone who follows this diet is basically flexitarian: plant-based, with only occasional meat consumption.
The idea behind it: By 2050, all people should be able to eat adequately, healthily and in an environmentally friendly way – without exceeding the ecological limits of the planet.
This is what a day after the Planetary Health Diet looks like
The recommended daily nutrition plan contains fixed quantities with ranges that leave room for individual preferences, culture or options:
- Vegetables: approx. 300 g (200-600 g), ideally mixed, with 100 g each of green and other vegetables
- Whole grain products: 210 g
- Legumes: 75 g (0–150 g)
- Owner: 15g (0-25g) – this corresponds to one to two eggs per week
- Fisch: 30g (0-100g) – approximately one 200g fish fillet per week; Depending on the circumstances, it can also be more – then you should save on other animal protein suppliers.
- Poultry: 30g (0-60g) – around one chicken breast fillet per week
- Dairy products: 250 ml milk or equivalent products (e.g. a small slice of cheese)
- Nuts: 50 g
- Fruit: about an apple a day
- Beef, lamb or pork: 15g (0-30g) – a 210g steak per week would be the maximum
More plants, less animals – for people and the environment
In summary, in order to comply with the planet’s limits, the consumption of fruit, vegetables, legumes and nuts would have to be roughly doubled, and the consumption of meat and sugar would have to be roughly halved, writes the center.
Source: Federal Center for Nutrition
