DREADFUL DIETARY GUIDELINES

The most recent US dietary guidelines, with a sudden U-turn, suggests there should be doubling of animal protein intake. The new diet, which also recommends reducing the intake of ultraprocessed foods, would more than offset any benefits of that move with its suggested spike in animal proteins, triggering rising greenhouse gas emissions, land, and fertilizer use.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2604814123

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