Pachauri Touts Meat-Free Holidays

As meat-eaters everywhere nosh down this Christmas, health experts in the Philippines are advising the public to forgo the flesh this holiday season. Due to the outspoken work of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who touts eating less meat to decrease health risks and fight global warming, doctors throughout the country have been echoing his ethos. For a substitute to the fat-laden seasonal indulgences, people are being encouraged to eat malunggay tree leaves, a tropical plant that provides two times more protein than milk. Eating the popular leaves, they’re told, will fight off weight-gain and other health-related issues during the typically unhealthy months of December and January.