The Food Conspiracy

01.16.2003

Vanessa posted about recent challenges to the USDA dietary recommendation. Apparently, a Harvard scientist named Walter Willett argues that our daily intake of food should consist of much less meat and dairy products. The USDA dietary recommendation for meat and dairy servings is primarily driven by the beef and dairy lobby.

There's a good article about this on the NPR website. If you don't trust NPR, you can read about it from USA Today or ABCNews.com.

Posted by Miguel at 01:41 PM

Comments

The US food pyramid is almost a complete reverse of the Mediterranean one. Meat is at the top, at the bottom is carbs (grains, etc.), in the middle is fruits/veg.

That's why Italian jeans never fit!!!

Posted by: allison at January 16, 2003 02:51 PM