Brian and I have an interesting discussion with author Jayne Rees Buxton about her new book. She does a fantastic job of going through the evidence for and against a plant-based diet as a prescription for health and environmental salvation, and finds it wanting on both counts.
While "Con" in the title doesn't solely refer to "confidence game"—we have a lengthy discussion about the legal review of the book—it's certainly an important element of this story.
This is an important book looking at the evidence behind the plant-based diet movement, as they are coming for all of us, and want to force us to follow their ideology regardless of our feelings.
I'm mentioned in the book in the discussion about seed oils, btw.
**these are points we mention that I think people might want to read more about, or to explain or correct a point made. I don't inlude material from the book that we discuss, you'll have to get a copy to follow up on that information!
Clark, M. A., Springmann, M., Hill, J., & Tilman, D. (2019). Multiple health and environmental impacts of foods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(46), 23357–23362.
Banta, J. E., Lee, J. W., Hodgkin, G., Yi, Z., Fanica, A., & Sabate, J. (2018). The Global Influence of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church on Diet. Religions, 9(9), 251.
O, ’Hearn Meghan, Lauren, B. N., Wong, J. B., Kim, D. D., & Mozaffarian, D. (2022). Trends and Disparities in Cardiometabolic Health Among U.S. Adults, 1999-2018. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 80(2), 138–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.04.046
"Oatly ads banned by UK watchdog over ‘misleading’ green claims"
There are ~1 million physicians in the U.S. (https://www.statista.com/topics/1244/physicians/#topicHeader__wrapper), according to PCRM, they have 17,000 physician members (see link above), so that's 1.7% of practicing physicians as members. Of course the vast majority of the rest are *also* in favor of responsible medicine, so the name is a bit of a slander.
"Honest Burgers is to convert its all-vegan V Honest site close to London's Leicester Square back to its core concept in July, just six months after launching the spin-off brand."
I'm mentioned in the book in the discussion about seed oils, btw.
Thank you for this, Tucker; this article also, so much good detail, theamericanconservative dotcom /seed-oils-and-bad-science/
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