2025-09-01 – Health – www.theguardian.com
Anne Tropper advocates nose-to-tail eating, while Rendel Harris says going vegan is the only way to be kind to other species
A “bowl of cereal with skimmed milk, a Greek yoghurt and a lean chicken breast” – doesn’t that epitomise a “fad diet” (The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health, 25 August)? Ultraprocessed, unsustainable and wasteful – what is supposed to happen to most of the chicken and the precious dairy fat? I shall be sticking to the nose-to-tail red meat, butter and eggs that have restored my health. I suspect that this trend is powered by personal experience more than by influencers.
Anne Tropper
Ropley, Hampshire
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