The decision of the Dutch government to impose nitrogen pollution restrictions on farmers is but one example of this. This "green" policy will cut livestock production in the country by 30% in the next year, put farmers out of business, and force them to sell their land.
Since The Netherlands is the largest meat exporter in the European Union,1 it will also result in meat shortages around the world. According to Dutch Parliament member Thierry Baudet,2 this "green" policy is really a thinly veiled excuse for a land grab
There's absolutely no shortage of studies14,15,16,17,18,19 showing that diets high in processed foods lead to poor health and depression, and the more processed your diet is, the worse your health and the greater your risk of obesity and chronic diseases that shave years, if not decades, off your life span.
In my references, I've included several studies published in 2020, 2021 and 2022, but similar findings have been published for decades. Remember, in most processed foods seeds oils are the highest percentage of calories.
Acknowledging that saturated animal fats are healthy, and that processed industrial seed oils and processed grains are not, would decimate the processed food industry, as it relies on cheap seed oils and grains. The healthy alternative is real food, and there's no big industry profits to be made from that.
The same goes for unprocessed animal foods in general. They can't be patented, and just about anyone with enough land can raise their own food and become partially, if not fully, independent of major food conglomerates.
Acknowledging that saturated animal fats are healthy, and that processed industrial seed oils and processed grains are not, would decimate the processed food industry, as it relies on cheap seed oils and grains. The healthy alternative is real food, and there's no big industry profits to be made from that.
The same goes for unprocessed animal foods in general. They can't be patented, and just about anyone with enough land can raise their own food and become partially, if not fully, independent of major food conglomerates.
- 1 Plant Based News September 27, 2021
- 2 Sott.net July 11, 2022
- 3 AgWeb June 28, 2022
- 4 WEF July 12, 2021
- 5 Think Americana June 16, 2022
- 6 Pro Deo et Libartate Substack June 11, 2022
- 7 Rockefeller Foundation Reset the Table
- 8 Food Compass
- 9, 10 Tufts Now October 14, 2021
- 11 Twitter Nina Teicholz July 17, 2022
- 12 Unsettled Science Substack July 25, 2022
- 13 Limitations of the Food Compass Nutrient Profiling System
- 14 National Kidney Foundation June 6, 2022
- 15 Clin Gastroentorol Hepatol June 2022; 20(6): e1323-e1337
- 16 Advances in Motion December 15, 2021
- 17 European Heart Journal November 30, 2021; 43(3): 213-224
- 18 Nature Food 2021; 2: 554
- 19 Frontiers in Nutrition December 15, 2020
- 20 Am J Clin Nutr February 2, 2021; 113(2): 446-455
- 21 British Journal of Nutrition February 14, 2021; 125(3): 308-318
- 22 Frontiers of Nutrition January 13, 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2021.748847
- 23 STAT April 19, 2017
- 24 BMJ 2016;353:i1246
- 25 NIH Grantome, Dietary Treatment of Hyperlipidemia in Women vs Men
- 26 Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2004;24:498–503
- 27 Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging 2018;22(8):885-891
- 28 British Heart Journal 1995 Oct;74(4):449-54
- 29 The Lancet August 29, 2017; 390(10107): 2050-2062
- 30 Gastroenterology 2020 Sep; 159(3): 1015–1018.e4
- 31 Journal of the American College of Cardiology June 17, 2020 [Epub ahead of print]
- 32 Mother Jones April 2022
- 33 Greenmatters August 20, 2019
- 34 The Counter October 29, 2019
- 35 Cricketflours.com
- 36 Exoprotein.com
- 37 Aljazeera June 19, 2022
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