[shirro]

The site is very good at sourcing articles and it is an excellent resource as long as you realise he is probably ethically inclined not to promote any study which might increase the suffering of animals.

I don't think that makes him a bad person or the website valueless but it is hard to argue it does not have a strong ethical vegan bias.

At the moment I would claim that overconsumption of highly processed, mostly plant based foods is the real nutritional disaster. Meat consumption is falling in many places but obesity and related diseases are still getting worse.

If you don't have ethical concerns I think low to moderate consumption of animal protein as part of a balance diet is still probably sensible. You probably want to avoid processed meats and charring. But we are all going to die from something and statistically it probably isn't going to be from eating an occasional steak.

[shlant]

> Meat consumption is falling in many places but obesity and related diseases are still getting worse.

I can use that same logic to say that sugar and carbohydrate consumption has gone down while obesity has continued rising:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0OuoFyJtZuI/VkofY-qgeOI/AAAAAAAAbb...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fUv755XU-3g/Vkof8Eln2WI/AAAAAAAAbb...

The main problem is still OVERCONSUMPTION of highly processed and hormone filled foods

[cageface]

I always thought that heart disease was something I might one day have to worry about but could ignore in the meantime while I enjoy eating what I want. But I'm only 46 now and over the last year I've been experiencing increasing tightness and discomfort in my chest and strong heart arrhythmia. That's what motivated me to take a closer look at my diet. After only three weeks of eliminating animal products from my diet those symptoms have disappeared.

As for growing obesity, there is a lot of evidence that points to toxins in our food as an important factor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQBdS9cN0I

Most of these toxins are concentrated in animal products.

People are also eating a lot more cheese which contributes to obesity:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/09/now-is-th...

Of course refined carbohydrates and sugars are also a big problem and they should be scrupulously avoided.