[toomuchtodo]

As always, the "truth" is a moving target and is going to be highly variable depending on circumstance. You should do what works best for you. If that's practicing vegetarianism, awesome. If that's being mostly a carnivore and eating chicken and bacon every meal, go for it. Somewhere in the middle works too (mostly vegetarian, occasional meat, majority of protein sourced from eggs and whey protein). But refined sugars are not your friend. Put that soda down!

Industry lobbying is deplorable, but inevitable. Consumer education (see my comment above) is paramount (with a helping hand of government regulation) in mitigating its impact on consumer behaviors.

[basch]

>majority of protein sourced from eggs and whey protein).

Why eggs and not fungus and seeds (including nuts, legume pulses (beans, lentils, peas)? Hell what about gluten.

[toomuchtodo]

Because I like cheesy eggs and protein shakes. Again, I don't fault anyone who decides to adhere to a vegan diet.

[basch]

Nothing against eggs, I just like birdseed at my desk for grazing. Eggs are basically animal seeds anyway.