Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: Meat of the matter

Does meat-eating really do severe damage to your health and to the planet? The evidence suggests that the real danger comes from dairy and from processed foods

Many thoughtful people in the West are beginning to worry about how much meat they eat. In many countries where vegetarians were once regarded as oddballs, restaurants are making a conscious attempt to cater to them.

In India, plant-based meat is still an elite concern. But the lesson we should take away from all of this research is: be careful how many processed foods you use

Plant-based meat works best in fast-food hamburgers where the beef patty has virtually no taste and the flavour comes from sauces

If you want to reduce methane emissions, a more effective way of doing this would be to remove milk, dahi, paneer, cheese etc, from your diet

Many diets that are rich in red meat (Mediterranean, for instance) don’t lead to an increase in heart disease in the way that the American diet does

Chances are, even the egg you eat for breakfast comes from an industrial operation

Fresh, free range meat is not as dangerous as doctors have told us. It’s industrial and processed foods we have to worry about