Five Questions: Harvard's Dr. Walter Willett on red meat

[Tim Gier]

From the LA Times...

Five Questions: Dr. Walter Willett on red meat. The Harvard nutriti...

Dr. Walter Willett is the chair of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. He's also a cow's best friend.

Earlier this month, Willett and colleagues, who have studied the link between diet and health for decades, published a study that followed more than 100,000 people over more than 20 years — and found that the amount of red meat they ate was linked to a rise in risk of premature death.

The notion that red meat might not be so great for you isn't exactly new, but carnivores cried foul. Willett answered a few of the critics this week.

Please check this article out, it's a good counterbalance to some of the nonsense we've been seeing elsewhere. Thanks!!