Feeding Red Meat to the MAHA Lions

Some science journalists have been complaining about the new food pyramid. When asked for evidence for their support for low red meat consumption they cited an old JAMA Int Med analysis. I am certainly not MAHA but I think these sort of guidelines, in either direction, are foolish and a diversion from far more important…

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Is The American Heart Association Trying To Kill Health Reporters?

The answer is no. The AHA is not trying to kill us. But its dietary advice is consistently confusing and occasionally wrong, and health reporters in New Orleans may end up as collateral damage. Just take a look at what’s being served in the press room at the big American Heart Association meeting going on now…

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