Overview of US food availability data over past 2 centuries: dramatic increase in (ultra)processed foods, while animal fat declined. In parallel: a rising incidence of non-communicable diseases.
h/t @Travis_Statham
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
"The unprocessed elements of our 19th century diet–animal fats, whole fat dairy, fresh vegetables & fruits—were progressively replaced with more processed elements, including industrial seed oils, HFCS, and ready-to-eat snacks and meals" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
"Data do not support the widely publicized “changing American diet” of increasing animal-derived SFAs over the first 60 y of the 20th C. Rather, polyunsaturated fats & partially hydrogenated fats from vegetable oils progressively replaced lard, butter,..." frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
"Across the 20th century, rising rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease & cancer were associated with stable SFA consumption [..] refined carbohydrates & total calories [are] more likely factors than SFA in NCD pathogenesis" frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

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Jan 11,
Ian Givens (Reading University): "half of females aged between 11 and 18 were consuming below the minimum recommended level of iron and magnesium and a quarter consumed too little iodine, calcium and zinc"
thetimes.co.uk/article/women-…
More on this topic (from @alpeh2020): aleph-2020.blogspot.com/2019/05/animal…
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Dec 15, 2021
Financial Times @ft: "#Plantbased meat is losing its sizzle, with falling US sales casting a shadow over expectations that the nascent category would take a chunk out of the real animal #meat market" ft.com/content/61e782…
This doesn't seem to help their case: "Taco Bell has rejected a #plantbased carne asada from Beyond Meat. [F]ood testers [..] found it to be below the standard of moving to a test phase & serving it to customers" yahoo.com/lifestyle/taco…
"Investors expressed concern [..] that customers might not be getting the idea behind Beyond Meat"

Or maybe that's precisely what is happening and people *are* getting "the idea behind Beyond Meat"?
barrons.com/articles/beyon…
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If psychopaths take over, #FoodSystems would look like this: end agriculture, eat microbial glop.

"replacing agricultural primary production with electrically powered microbial primary production [.] could alleviate agriculturally driven climate change"
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… Image
The idea does have supporters.

Activists: theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Image
Think tanks: Image
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Nov 23, 2021
JUST PUBLISHED
@CleoProtogerou, @fleroy1974 & @martinhagger
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"driven by health concerns & benefits. Participants expressed a strong social identity"
@MDPIOpenAccess #carnivorediet #ketodiet
mdpi.com/2076-328X/11/1…
"All participants reported improved wellbeing & quality of life since taking up the diet. These improvements are related to health; interpersonal relationships; learning & growth; simplicity & independence".
"Physical health benefits related to the digestive system (e.g., reduction or elimination of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms); integumentary system (e.g., smoother skin, stronger hair, and nails); and musculoskeletal system (e.g., reduced joint and back pain)"
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Dystopian idea, & it will not happen. If he thinks that the entire world will happily substitute the foods they have always cherished & thrived on since the beginning of humanity for his company's drab assortment of protein-isolate imitations, his hubris is in for a big surprise.
No matter how much support he's getting from friends in high places...
With Christiana "stigmatize-meat-eaters-like-smokers" Figueres on Impossible's Board of Directors they have access to the spheres of WRI, WEF, UNFCCC, ...
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Oct 30, 2021
#PlanetaryHealth & #GreatTransition are as much of a warning sign as #BuildBackBetter or #GreatReset. If someone uses these words, be *very* suspicious. It's not just empty rhetoric, it's much worse.
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h/t @mbiranek for: thecollegefix.com/university-lea…
The 'São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health', referred to in the article above was published in the #Lancet & supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). thelancet.com/journals/lance…
*Sounds* legit, but: the entire thing is organized by the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), co-housed by Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health, the academic home of Walter Willett (the main designer of the Planetary Health Diet, a quasi-vegetarian diet) planetaryhealthalliance.org/mission-vision
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