Erin Allman-Updike

Yes.

Plant proteins are sufficient in terms of getting us enough quality of protein.

And they, again, reduce cardiovascular disease risk like over and over and over again in studies.

Now, in these newest guidelines where they are making these recommendations, they don't provide any quantitative data to actually like prove or like any data to support this idea that animal proteins are actually healthier in any way, shape or form.

Like they don't even try to really back this up with any quantitative data.

And and we're going to get more into this in a second.

But meat, especially red meat, like the giant steak that they have right there in the front of the triangle, is much higher in saturated fat than plant based proteins.

And we have decades of data.

This is where our nutrition data is the strongest.

Reducing saturated fat is beneficial for your cardiovascular health.

Also, they don't even mention in these guidelines how strong of associations they are between red meat and processed meats and the fact that they're carcinogens, right?

These are carcinogenic foods and associated with an increased risk of cancer.

None of this is addressed in these guidelines.

They just really focus on the need to consume animal-based protein.

And the other thing that they specify for the first time in dietary guidelines is a protein goal of 1.2 to 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day.

So for a 100-kilogram person, we're talking 120 to 160 grams of protein.

What's that in pounds?

Oh, my God.

I don't know.

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