Towards healthier and more sustainable diets in the Australian context: comparison of current diets with the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet

Table 3 Estimated environmental impact and daily average nutrient intake of Australian adults aged 19–50 years stratified by levels of meat and dairy intake, and indicators of a healthy diet (highest vegetable, lowest discretionary food and beverage consumption, and highest overall diet quality) and compared to the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Planetary Health Reference Diet. Values are presented as kilojoules for energy and as a percentage of the nutrient reference value for all other nutrients

	Average diet (9,191 kJ)	Lowest meat (8,364 kJ)	Lowest dairy (8,499 kJ)	Highest vegetables (10,252 kJ)	Lowest discretionary (7,178 kJ)	Highest quality (8,912 kJ)	Dietary Guidelines (11,421 kJ)	Planetary Health (10,242 kJ)
Protein EAR	191	145	171	219	177	212	195	178
Dietary Fibre AI	82	81	77	113	83	103	143	139
Thiamin EAR	165	158	146	186	159	185	191	196
Riboflavin EAR	197	183	144	223	184	220	224	148
Niacin EAR	374	298	347	425	347	408	198	190
VitB6 EAR	148	122	134	177	133	155	202	199
Vit B12 EAR	234	180	175	255	208	247	241	135
Folate EAR	191	189	164	218	185	210	225	200
Vit A EAR	143	125	127	243	147	188	245	194
Vit C EAR	345	324	340	502	347	438	554	420
Calcium EAR	101	98	63	116	94	110	123	71
Phosphorus EAR	262	221	219	302	235	284	337	288
Zinc EAR	128	97	111	153	120	145	135	126
Iron EAR	169	147	148	208	159	190	220	234
Magnesium EAR	116	105	101	142	110	135	200	199
Iodine EAR	179	170	137	191	160	183	208	116
Selenium EAR	170	135	165	193	160	192	119	125
Sodium SDT	130	121	119	143	102	113	18	11
Potassium AI	100	87	87	132	93	116	166	140
Linoleic acid AI	100	87	98	114	82	105	155	236
Alpha-linolenic acid AI	141	122	138	166	118	148	154	231
Omega 3 AI	219	138	201	252	259	308	376	418
Total number of nutrients met (out of 22)^*	18	16	17	21	17	21	22	21
Estimated environmental impact	0.13	0.10	0.11	0.14	0.11	0.13	0.09	0.07
Estimated environmental impact (adjusted to be per 10,000kj)	0.14	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.15	0.08	0.07

^*Values greater than 100% reflect meeting or exceeding the Nutrient Reference Value and was considered the beneficial direction for all nutrients except sodium where a value less than 100% was considered the beneficial direction

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