BREDAR AND NATYZAK: Lettuce give dining some praise
Last week you may have seen headlines about a World Health Organization study that suggests red meat increases risk of cancer. Earlier this year, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a scientific review committee that reports to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services, released recommendations that food sustainability should play an integral role in this year’s USDA health guidelines. Maybe you too have fallen victim to accepting one of the infamous flyers featuring bloodied cows and pigs clustered in cages. Why is there so much meat hype?