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Federal report: Vegan diet best for planet
The Hill ^ | April 5, 2015 | Lydia Wheeler

Posted on 04/06/2015 8:53:30 AM PDT by C19fan

A federal panel that helps set federal dietary guidelines is recommending Americans eat less meat because it’s better for the environment, sparking outrage from industry groups representing the nation’s purveyors of beef, pork and poultry.

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a federally appointed panel of nutritionists created in 1983, decided for the first time this year to factor in environmental sustainability in its recommendations. They include a finding that a diet lower in animal-based foods is not only healthier, but has less of an environmental impact.

The meat industry is lashing back, contending the panel has neither the authority nor the expertise to make such a judgment.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: diet; food; sustainable
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In the future the only food available will be gov't mandated food discs or soylent green.
1 posted on 04/06/2015 8:53:30 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Nuke DC.


2 posted on 04/06/2015 8:53:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If obama speaks and th<uere is no one the<ire to hear it, is it still a lie?)
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Dear Government...Just do what you’re suppose to do....protect us and coin money.


3 posted on 04/06/2015 8:57:13 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: C19fan

If they mean THIS Vega, then OK!.............

4 posted on 04/06/2015 8:57:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: C19fan

Gee, did they write the report before or after they did their “research”.

Pray America is waking


5 posted on 04/06/2015 8:58:33 AM PDT by bray (Cruz to the WH)
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To: Red Badger

Heh. Spoilers really keep it stable when it hits 120 MPH !!!

/S


6 posted on 04/06/2015 8:59:39 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: Red Badger

But I thoguth Vegeeta only ate meat....


7 posted on 04/06/2015 9:01:31 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: C19fan

I eat animals that eat Vegatables.

We can’t even get vegatables here in Boston Area grown in The United States. Mexico is the source of Produce it angers me to no end. I will not eat any vegatable grown in Mexico. I wish more people would complain about imports of food.

My opinion is Farmers are growing Corn to make ethanol instead of crops to eat.


8 posted on 04/06/2015 9:02:18 AM PDT by Colonial35
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To: C19fan

I didn’t know that our planet ate, much less had particular dietary requirements.


9 posted on 04/06/2015 9:02:37 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: C19fan

Wow. And the dietician just put me on a high protein diet! As I told her the world of nutrition seems to be full of scams. Nobody knows how to eat properly anymore.


10 posted on 04/06/2015 9:02:51 AM PDT by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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[ Heh. Spoilers really keep it stable when it hits 120 MPH !!! ]

That only ever happens when driving down hill on steep grade with the roasd covered with black ice....


11 posted on 04/06/2015 9:03:00 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Red Badger

I am NOT eating that thing. It is far too poorly seasoned.


12 posted on 04/06/2015 9:06:15 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: C19fan

Actually, the whole EBT/WIC/foodstamp pile of issues can be resolved: there is now a complete (really complete, you can live on it indefinitely) meal replacement powder (add water, drink) that is, for obvious historic literary reasons, called Soylent http://www.soylent.me


13 posted on 04/06/2015 9:06:18 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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[ Wow. And the dietician just put me on a high protein diet! As I told her the world of nutrition seems to be full of scams. Nobody knows how to eat properly anymore. ]

Just go on a “ Vegan Diet “... Just hang out by the WHole Foods and ask the hippies there if they would like to save the planet by be invited to “dinner” at your house. Make sure not to mention that they will be the main dish FOR dinner...

Be careful not to get a Vegan who smokes dope or you will be taking an after dinner trip...


14 posted on 04/06/2015 9:06:41 AM PDT by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: Red Badger

That looks like my old vega except the stripe was white.


15 posted on 04/06/2015 9:09:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: C19fan

“The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a federally appointed panel of nutritionists created in 1983, decided for the first time this year to factor in environmental sustainability in its recommendations. “

Everything is a political agenda to the left.


16 posted on 04/06/2015 9:10:59 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: windcliff

“Soul crushing.”


17 posted on 04/06/2015 9:11:02 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: C19fan
In the future the only food available will be gov't mandated food discs or soylent green.

Unless of course you happen to be part of the elite... aka a "civil servant".

18 posted on 04/06/2015 9:14:03 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: C19fan
vegan photo: vegan vegan_activism.jpg
19 posted on 04/06/2015 9:17:14 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: C19fan

It’s official: The Kommunists say the “health” of “Mother Earth” is more important than yours; you’re
gonna eat your gruel and you’re gonna like it, whether it kills you or not. After all, “Mother Earth” is oh
so much more important than puny humans.

(BTW, an actual vegan diet will in fact kill you, as the only natural source of B-12 is from animal-derived food products.)


20 posted on 04/06/2015 9:19:50 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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