Thread by @fleroy1974

Remember that Planetary Health Diet designed by #EATLancet? Commanding you to avoid red meat or limit it to a mere 0-14 g/d? It's no more. Next time people wave it in your face, show them the information in this THREAD.

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First point: #EATLancet's “meat consumption limits proposed by the Commission were not set due to environmental considerations” but “only in light of health recommendations.”

So meat avoidance is supposed to be about health?

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https://twitter.com/GHGGuru/status/1097873804540338176?s=20

Which triggered this reaction from Stanford University’s professor of medicine, health research, and policy, John Ioannidis:

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And Italy’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva (@ItalyUN_Geneva) questioning the diet’s scientific basis. Eventually leading @WHO to pull back its support during the report's launch.

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@ItalyUN_Geneva @WHO And now, the final nail in #EATLancet's coffin:

annals.org/aim/fullarticl…
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@ItalyUN_Geneva @WHO With some more info here:

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https://twitter.com/fleroy1974/status/1178924013223075840?s=20

@ItalyUN_Geneva @WHO And add the broad perspective on why "claims about the health dangers of red meat are not only improbable in the light of our evolutionary history, they are far from being supported by robust scientific evidence", from my article with @nathancofnas:

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tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@ItalyUN_Geneva @WHO @nathancofnas Still want to have more background? Read this thread:

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https://twitter.com/fleroy1974/status/1087040261694386176?s=20

@ItalyUN_Geneva @WHO @nathancofnas In conclusion, the diet has expired and gone to meet its maker. Shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible.

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