PHM-Exch> Article: India is Not a 'Vegetarian Country' Like the EAT-Lancet Report Would Have Us Believe

[Sylvia Karpagam]

Dear Kaaren,
This article is worth reading
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2019.1657063
Claims about red meat and their negative impact is not supported by science
or evolution.
Sylvia

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 2:17 PM Kaaren Mathias <kaarenmathias at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Sulakshana/ Sylvia and all -
> Thanks for sharing this excellent article in The Wire - you underline many
> important points in this article. At the same time I find as someone
> vegetarian for environmental reasons, that many in India believe that
> eating non-veg is somehow a politically progressive thing to do (in the
> face of Hindu nationalism). In this age of climate change and carbon
> footprints and over-eating, I think it behoves all of us with the
> privilege of being well-nourished, and above the poverty line to choose a
> largely plant based diet.
>
> Kaaren
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:30 PM Sulakshana Nandi <
> sulakshana.nandi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends
>> Please find the link to an article by Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (who is part of
>> Right To Food Campaign and JSA) and others on the EAT-Lancet Commission
>> report and recommendations, in the context of India
>> https://thewire.in/food/eat-lancet-commission-vegetarian-country
>> I am sure that the issues raised in this article would be relevant for
>> many other countries too.
>> with regards
>> Sulakshana
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