What do Doughnuts Have in Common With the Climate Crisis?
A lot as it happens
Searing heatwaves, entire nations abandoned and stagnant seas. These are just a few of the outcomes we can expect from global heating of 4C, and it’s all predicted to take place in a few decades. Faced with such a terrible future, a thought I often have is why do we keep on behaving the same way, when we know doing so is leading to catastrophe? Eating doughnuts can help explain why.
Eating a doughnut is an unbridled delight. I mean, look at how good they look. Who doesn’t begin to salivate at the sight of one of those sweet-filled, round bundles of joy?
There is no harm in eating a doughnut now and again. But if the doughnut stops becoming a treat and starts becoming a part of your daily diet, you’ve got yourself a problem.
Yes, that doughnut is delicious, but as with every joy in life, we must do things in balance. If we don’t, our lifestyle choices will have deadly consequences.
According to the World Health Organisation, heart disease is the world’s biggest killer. In 2016 alone, nearly ten million people died from what can be a correctable disease. Some of the leading causes of heart disease include an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, being overweight and smoking.
The doughnut…
