Red Meat, Our Health and Alfalfa--Separating Scientific Fact from Opinions, Policy, Politics, and Bureaucracy

Red Meat, Our Health and Alfalfa--Separating Scientific Fact from Opinions, Policy, Politics, and Bureaucracy

The general public is becoming increasingly aware of the failure of the official nutritional policy of United States and other countries. Books like Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (Taubes, 2008), Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It (Taubes, 2011) and The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet (Teicholz, 2014) have exposed the disconnect between nutrition science and nutrition policy, and have told the story of how we’ve come to this point in history.