@fleroy1974's Threads
@LouiseStephen9 @DMDent @BelindaFettke @GHGGuru @JoannaBlythman @zoeharcombe @bigfatsurprise @ProfTimNoakes @docmartincohen @fatisourfriend @CarnivoreIs @drsplace @Kenn_QBE And let's not forget that this New Age centre (Tellus) really is a communicating vessel with the World Resources Institute and the Stockholm Resilience Inst. (and, therefore, EAT-Lancet). 
@LouiseStephen9 @DMDent @BelindaFettke @GHGGuru @JoannaBlythman @zoeharcombe @bigfatsurprise @ProfTimNoakes @docmartincohen @fatisourfriend @CarnivoreIs @drsplace @Kenn_QBE For people thinking that EAT is a frivolous creation of a wealthy animal activist with wild ideas, buying in the experts she needs: it is not. EAT's origins go back to Strong's Stockholm conference & Earth Summit. Same players. Took some decades to bring the machine up to speed.
@LouiseStephen9 @DMDent @BelindaFettke @GHGGuru @JoannaBlythman @zoeharcombe @bigfatsurprise @ProfTimNoakes @docmartincohen @fatisourfriend @CarnivoreIs @drsplace @Kenn_QBE To understand the mindset of futurists and their Great Transitions: below spaceship Earth heading for a new Global Consiousness Era. Graph below from Stanford Research Institute's "Changing Images of Man" (a New Age joke, including UFOs & the paranormal). archive.org/stream/Changin…
"Much of the country’s methane emissions come from animals that millions of poor people rely on for sustenance every day" Indeed, but what's also needed in the equation is the large potential for efficiency gains in India.
thewire.in/environment/an…
thewire.in/environment/an…
Veterinary care, breeding, herd & grazing management, feed interventions, increased C-seq, ... A 30% reduction in emissions can be achieved globally if the top-10% most efficient practices would be adopted. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30215340
According to FAO data, the enteric emission of methane emissions over the past 50 years has declined in industrialized nations (and not just per kg of beef, but even in total). Potential for further improvement is particularly high in India.
This must be a joke. And how exactly are mayors going to enforce a miserable, nutrient-deficient diet of grains & beans on their electorate? By promising Beyond Burgers as a culinary highlight? If I ever consider moving, these cities sure will be a no-no.
Make no mistake: *this* is on the menu. At least if C40Cities/UNEP/EAT/WRI have it their way.
Have a look at this incredible graph! 😱
This is what they have in mind for the world's beef consumption. The West can only maintain 10% of current levels. And are they really going to go to African cities and patronize them into *halving* their consumption within 10 years?
This is what they have in mind for the world's beef consumption. The West can only maintain 10% of current levels. And are they really going to go to African cities and patronize them into *halving* their consumption within 10 years?
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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So meat avoidance is supposed to be about health?
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Which triggered this reaction from Stanford University’s professor of medicine, health research, and policy, John Ioannidis:
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Haven't heard from EAT-Lancet's 'Great Food Transformation' and 'Planetary Health Diet' since a while? Quiet before the storm. Check this: globalcommonsalliance.org
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Haven't heard from EAT-Lancet's 'Great Food Transformation' and 'Planetary Health Diet' since a while? Quiet before the storm. Check this: globalcommonsalliance.org
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All the usual players from the EAT-Lancet network are present (EAT, WBCSD, SRC). Preparing for a new assault on the human diet. Note the massive business platforms: Natural Capital Coalition, WBCSD, Ceres, BSR, and... the Davos elite (World Economic Forum) as well as UNEP.
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Under this umbrella, FOLU + FABLE = EAT Forum, IIASA, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), World Resources Institute (WRI), ...
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Dear Australians, get ready to become quasi-vegetarian by 2050. Grains & beans is what you will be eating, according to the people designing your future diets. The FABLE report, brought to you by EAT-Lancet, the World Resources Institute, IIASA & FOLU.
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@LouiseStephen9 @BelindaFettke @FructoseNo Australians will have to face a 91% decrease in red meat consumption. But no reason to worry, your pulses will be multiplied x15!
THREAD -The attempt of @TrueHealthINIT's plant-fueled crew to lobby for a new protein metric based on ideology rather than science, is no surprise. Now that fake-meat is going for $$$, focus on protein quality will increase & that could seriously harm business.
Here's why 👇
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Here's why 👇
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In 2013, the FAO came up with a new and improved protein evaluation system, taking into account true digestibility, thus proposing to replace the PDCAAS system they had adopted in the past (1993).
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Note that for most animal source foods, DIAAS values are ≥1, exceeding those from plants [soy=0.8-0.9; legumes=0.6; cereals=0.3-0.5].
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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#EATLancet is on mission: it wants to impose its Great Food Transformation on the planet (& your plate for that matter). How? By eliminating consumer choice & using “hard policy interventions” – what do they mean, how do they plan to achieve that & should you care?
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#EATLancet is on mission: it wants to impose its Great Food Transformation on the planet (& your plate for that matter). How? By eliminating consumer choice & using “hard policy interventions” – what do they mean, how do they plan to achieve that & should you care?
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Enters the @WorldResources Institute: a 'knowledge partner' of the #EAT-Lancet cluster, founded in 1982 & like EAT a close partner of the World Economic Forum (@wef), @UNEnvironment & their industry platform @wbcsd (incl. the major food multinationals) – what is it’s role?
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As #EATLancet's partner, @WorldResources is in charge of the social engineering bit, for instance by applying the “Shift Wheel” approach to “#DisguiseTheChange”, make meat “socially unacceptable” & “constrain its display” – 🤨 So, what else do they have in mind?
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VHEMT, yet another bunch of lunatics.
"Diane ... an avid antinatalist, vegan, animal rights activist ... believes that voluntary human extinction ... would “do humans a favour” as much as it would alleviate environmental problems"
cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the… cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the…
"Diane ... an avid antinatalist, vegan, animal rights activist ... believes that voluntary human extinction ... would “do humans a favour” as much as it would alleviate environmental problems"
cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the… cherwell.org/2019/02/21/the…
"El Movimiento por la Extinción Humana Voluntaria (VHEMT) propone salvar el planeta erradicando la raza humana" 🤨
elpais.com/elpais/2019/03…
elpais.com/elpais/2019/03…
VHEMT: "Phase out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to return to good health".
Mmm. What about a warm bath, a square meal, and an early sleep? 🤗
Mmm. What about a warm bath, a square meal, and an early sleep? 🤗
THREAD: avoiding meat is often said to be one of the most powerful interventions to reduce one's greenhouse gas emissions. The wildest numbers are cited. Some groups (eg #EATLancet) are now lobbying to impose a 'meat tax' on us. Below some data to put this in perspective.
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Let's assume that a person's yearly impact in CO2-eq is somewhere half way between the USA and EU, say 12 t CO2-eq.
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Going vegetarian would mean an estimated reduction of 0.5 t CO2-eq/y, so about 4% difference. That is very far from halving your carbon footprint!
See also: project-syndicate.org/commentary/mea…
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See also: project-syndicate.org/commentary/mea…
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This is not really on the agenda of today's "faux burger"-hyping Green Avenger elite, is it?
nature.com/articles/s4155…
nature.com/articles/s4155…
4.5 Gt CO2e due to mass tourism in 2013 (and growing with annual 4% rate!), which is about the same as the total of beef and dairy combined? Difference: the latter are nourishing us and providing important assets to rural families.
Let's also put the issue food waste (3.3 Gt CO2e) in the equation of potential priorities...
Watch WRI (an #EATLancet ally) hitting an all-time low in its social engineering approach to steer people away from animal foods.
Clearly, this is all about marketing, not facts.
Appalling!
#yes2meat #yes2eggs #yes2dairy
Clearly, this is all about marketing, not facts.
Appalling!
#yes2meat #yes2eggs #yes2dairy
This is WRI's "Shift Wheel" strategy.
"Disguise the change", "make socially unacceptable" - can it be more sneaky?
wri.org/resources/char…
"Disguise the change", "make socially unacceptable" - can it be more sneaky?
wri.org/resources/char…
And this is their toolbox:
marketing, play social norms, change dietary guidelines, 30-day challenges (Veganuary?), price wars, meat tax, *banning* meat from restaurants
wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Sh…
marketing, play social norms, change dietary guidelines, 30-day challenges (Veganuary?), price wars, meat tax, *banning* meat from restaurants
wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/Sh…
EAT-Lancet's mission: bring global food diversity within One Healthy Diet. How confident are we that the Great Food Transformation they've designed for us is also going to be beneficial?
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The #EATLancet campaign is a very problematic one. This thread is a compilation of articles that address issues of concern that the mainstream media choose to ignore.
Let me start with this article that I wrote with @docmartincohen:
efanews.eu/item/6053-the-…
Let me start with this article that I wrote with @docmartincohen:
efanews.eu/item/6053-the-…
With low-carb on the rise, Barilla has a clear mission: make us believe that pasta is healthy and good for the planet. Its strategy? Blame meat.
With a little help from its EAT-Lancet friends...
cnnmon.ie/1QqyoOg
With a little help from its EAT-Lancet friends...
cnnmon.ie/1QqyoOg
This is not just your conventional marketing.
Davos. Banks. Food policy makers. NGOs.
Davos. Banks. Food policy makers. NGOs.
Signing a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education.
Targeting primary schools with "an educational project".
barillacfn.com/en/educative_p…
Targeting primary schools with "an educational project".
barillacfn.com/en/educative_p…
FAO: 900 million poor people globally, half of them depend directly on livestock for their livelihoods (capital, income, traction, fertilization, milk/meat/eggs, leather/hides/skins).
Livestock contributes to major pathways out of poverty.
Livestock contributes to major pathways out of poverty.
FAO: livestock contributes to food security worldwide, providing 33% of protein, combating micronutrients deficiencies (“hidden hunger”), and boosting crop productivity (manure, traction), ....
FAO: meat & dairy are important to nutrition and health, especially for children, pregnant women & the elderly. They can help reduce mortality among children and the newborn, providing micronutrients that are difficult to obtain in adequate quantities from plants source alone.
If you're interested in politics, climate policy and the current anti-meat discourse, you *should* know about Maurice Strong. If you don't know about Maurice Strong (which is likely) you REALLY should read this thread.
So, WHO exactly was Maurice Strong ???!
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So, WHO exactly was Maurice Strong ???!
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What is behind the "meat tax" narrative?
This overview is an update from a previous thread but more dense in information - read it slowly and carefully. It may come in handy somewhere mid-January 2019. Mark my words.
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What is behind the "meat tax" narrative?
This overview is an update from a previous thread but more dense in information - read it slowly and carefully. It may come in handy somewhere mid-January 2019. Mark my words.
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New LANCET editorial: "what is a healthy amount of red or processed meat? It's looking increasingly like the answer, for both the planet & the individual, is very little [...] *The conversation has to start soon*"
🤔 So, what's this REALLY about ⁉️
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thelancet.com/journals/lance…
🤔 So, what's this REALLY about ⁉️
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thelancet.com/journals/lance…
Let's start with this business Valhalla (Clinton F, Ford F, J&J, ...) named "C40" & one of its partners "EAT"
Its goal: "covene decision makers who can transform the way we eat" 🤔‼️
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c40.org/partners
Its goal: "covene decision makers who can transform the way we eat" 🤔‼️
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c40.org/partners
So what is EAT? A highly-connected organisation for "food system transformation" founded by the wife of a Norwegian billionaire.
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eatforum.org
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eatforum.org
As for cows & global warming (), the link between meat and water use is usually misrepresented. The thread below tries to demonstrate how the commonly cited number of 15,000 (!) liters of water per kg of beef is a very misleading one.
The water footprint of animal production is said to represent 29% of total agricultural production (and is needed for feed production, grazing, and direct use)
Beef is usually getting the blame, whereby it is said that 15,500 litres of water are needed to produce 1 kg, thus representing 1/3 of the total water footprint of animal production.
"Cow farts cause more climate change than cars" 🙄🤔
Below series of tweets where I try to put things in perspective 👇
Below series of tweets where I try to put things in perspective 👇
In 2006, the FAO stated that livestock represents a larger issue than transportation with respect to climate change (18% versus 14% of the GHG emissions)
In 2010, FAO admitted that this comparison was incorrect after a trenchant critique by prof. Frank Mitloehner (UC Davis, USA) @GHGGuru
Thread: YES, MEAT IS SAFE & HEALTHY
Besides being a 'pharmakon', meat is also a 'pharmakos' (scapegoat). As the most symbolic of all foods & as a predilected carrier of meaning, it acts as an adsorbent of societal anxieties. Often presented as scientific 'truth'.
Not.
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Besides being a 'pharmakon', meat is also a 'pharmakos' (scapegoat). As the most symbolic of all foods & as a predilected carrier of meaning, it acts as an adsorbent of societal anxieties. Often presented as scientific 'truth'.
Not.
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There is something seriously rotten in contemporary nutrition. The entire chain-of-proof is no longer based on the scientific method but is profoundly corrupted by vested interests and ideological dogma.
Cf. my paper on meat in the post-truth era: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Cf. my paper on meat in the post-truth era: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Except for the Daily Mail-like headlines, it all looks pretty convincing. The meat-is-bad narrative is now supported by official institutions such as the WHO and the AICR. Which seems to end all debate.
But wait a minute...
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But wait a minute...
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Thread: HEALTH RISKS OF 'PLANT-BASED' DIETS
L Keith, ex-vegan, talks about how her diet led to catastrophy on the long run: amazon.com/Vegetarian-Myt…
For ex-vegans on twitter with similar stories, see twitter.com/fleroy1974/lis… - also check out @SBakerMD's #meatheals
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L Keith, ex-vegan, talks about how her diet led to catastrophy on the long run: amazon.com/Vegetarian-Myt…
For ex-vegans on twitter with similar stories, see twitter.com/fleroy1974/lis… - also check out @SBakerMD's #meatheals
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First, let's put aside the myth that plant-based makes you healthier. Those claims are based on weak and biased epidemiological associations (RR=0.8-0.9?? - seriously, that's just meaningless).
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The best plant gurus can get out of more controlled studies is the fact that it lowers total cholesterol and LDL-C. But, that's just another belief system - no point wasting time on the meat-gives-you-clogged-arteries propaganda...
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Meat: its evolution from long-established health food to poison. What happened? (Small tweetorial, illustrating the ideological coup by Seventh-day Adventists)
