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In reply to the discussion: Red meat plays vital role in diets, claims expert in fightback against veganism [View all]Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)It references something but does not provide the scientific studies and the parameters used to determine that this worldwide diet is even healthy.
The US government in its food pyramid and other massive literature has been promoting low fat, high carb, high vegetative matter, low calorie diets for decades in the US AND the average American has been getting fatter and fatter, with diabetes increasing and an obesity epidemic.
But a worldwide diet based on a very similar plan is the solution? It is not a red herring it is the basis of your linked articles titles. Changing the world's diet is important and should look at the science (currently in its infancy) to provide a Healthy diet not one that merely repeats diets causing an obesity crisis in the US.