Doctors call on government to withdraw ‘misleading’ campaign urging people to eat meat and dairy

Truly shocking news. Doctors believe people should be eating more fruit and veg 😱

More shadiness about the campaign from Open Democracy:

[Minister who owns beef farm approved £5m ad campaign promoting red meat
REVEALED: Public body’s drive to up red meat sales failed to mention health risks, despite privately acknowledging them](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/red-meat-lets-eat-balanced-ad-campaign-acknowledged-health-risks-ignored-mark-spencer/)

**Vegan Burger Patty ingredients**: Water, Pea Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Flavouring, Stabilizer (Methylcellulose), Potato Starch, Apple Extract, Colour (Beetroot Red), Maltodextrin, Pomegranate Extract, Salt, Potassium Salt, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Maize Vinegar, Carrot Powder, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin)

**Beef Burger Patty ingredients**: Beef

Don’t eat the latter – it’s unhealthy.

In truth, any doctor worth their salt should promote a diet rich in unprocessed foods, regardless of whether they’re animal or plant based. We need to ditch diets rich in ultra-processed ‘food’ (as has become the norm over the past half-century) in favour of nutritious whole food offerings.

The problem is that most people eat processed goods, and processed plant food contains more chemicals that detract from our health than processed meat products.

Rather than attack individual ingredients they should be tackling that junk food is simply that, junk food.

Maybe people are cutting down on meat and dairy because they can’t afford it. I had a thoroughly embarrassing incident in Sainsburys today. I had only £9 to last me the foreseeable future and I was in Sainsburys trying to work out how to make it last as long as possible, when I saw that the cooked chilled chickens were reduced with a nectar card. Desperate for some protein, I calculated my shopping down to the last penny and went to the checkout to pay. But when I scanned it, the discount didn’t appear. I called the staff member over and told him it was meant to be discounted with a nectar card. He investigated and said the sign was a mistake, it wasn’t discounted. Well, that meant I had to put things back. So I started putting my shopping back in the trolley. He said “What are you doing?” I said, “I have to put things back.” He then had a go at me in front of the hordes of people, who all turned to look. He complained about me wasting queue time that other people could have used and keeping chilled items off the shelves that I’m not going to pay for. He then followed me as I put things back, clearly worried I might steal something. It was utterly humiliating.