A group of doctors sent a letter to the USDA being like, Have you thought about vegetarianism? So this becomes a very big news story. Malcolm Gladwell writes a follow up story when he was a fucking reporter for the Washington Post. The guy who is lobbying now for the pork lobby is a previous USDA secretary himself. He calls even the suggestion that there would be vegetarian nutrition guidance "the height of irresponsibility"
In the 1990s, the Food Pyramid was one of the most recognizable symbols in nutrition education. But where did it come from? Why was it created by the agriculture department? And why did it tell us to eat a whole loaf of bread every day?
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