A recent study has shown the real impact that the food we eat has on the environment.

Today Explained: Study Reveals How Diet Affects Our Planet

it's time for today explained where we break down some of the biggest stories in the news, how we got here and where we go next and you might already know that certain foods are more damaging to the planet than others. But now a new study goes into even further detail about the true environmental impact of global food production. Researchers examined nearly 99% of all food production on land and sea. As reported in 2017. Here's some key takeaways of the eye opening results, 92% of the environmental pressures from land based food production are concentrated in just 10% of the earth. Sir, Surface aquatic systems produced nearly 10% of the total footprint around the world. Yet only 1.1% of all food and only five countries account for nearly half of the foods foods global impact and that is India. China the United States, Brazil and Pakistan and some countries leave a bigger mark than others off for producing the same kind of food. For example, the US, which is the world's largest producer of soy, is more than twice as efficient at India as India at producing the crop making american soy, the more environmentally friendly choice and beef production in brazil has a larger environmental impact in the U. S. Even though the country, this is 10% less meat than we do here in the States. This study also evaluated the sustainability of certain types of food and the findings. They might surprise you taking a look at a wide range of factors. The top five offenders are pig, cow, rice, wheat and oil crops, rice and wheat actually rank in the same tears. Animal based products such as cow milk and chicken meat because they require so much water and crops used to make cooking oils also rival animal based products since they're grown in such large quantities. And sorry, presbyterians, seafood isn't off the hook either. A category of fish that includes cod, flounder and halibut are three times worse for the planet than raising sheep for meat. Researchers hope the study reveals all the ways we can reduce the environmental footprint of what we eat. So if you want to eat more sustainably, pay attention to how your favorite foods are produced.