All the food charts, school cafeterias; our whole culture makes it appear that meat and dairy are natural and nutritious foods for you, why would everyone be wrong?
have you ever looked at who sponsors those food charts? (psst! the meat and dairy industries) b) The foods in the charts depict only the most common foods. The USDA likes to emphasize that their food guide pyramid is “well known”. But on closer inspection, even mainstream organizations like the USDA/FDA do not claim that meat and dairy are actually necessary for good health. Alternative food charts for vegetarians and vegans exist. On the other hand, evidence abounds that the current over consumption of meat and dairy is responsible at least in part for common health problems, like heart disease, obesity, diabetes. c) Nutrition is not an easy science. The results of mass experimentation take a long time to become clear. Mass experimentation in the developed countries with over consumption of meat, fat and dairy has led to an epidemic of heart disease, obesity and other diseases. The official recommendations are beginning to change. But both from a medical perspective and from an ethica
