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April 30, 2021
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and three individual doctors filed a Northern District of California lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that the food recommendations given by government departments are not accurate and are being influenced by the dairy and meat industries. Specifically, they claimed that the food guidelines do not advise Americans to avoid meat and dairy products, as recent science suggests.
The plaintiffs alleged that Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have not fulfilled their duty under the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act to publish nutritional guidelines, based on scientific knowledge for the public.
Physicians suing USDA claim latest dietary guidelines cater to meat, dairy industries, not health of Americans
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Eating a plant-based diet may help reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to new study
A new study from Harvard s School of Public health indicates that there is an association between adherence to a predominantly plant-based diet and lower risk of Type 2 diabetes.
The United States Department of Agriculture is facing a federal lawsuit over the dietary guidelines it published last December.
Doctors Seth Ammerman, Donald Forrester and Heather Shenkman along with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seek a court order requiring the USDA to retract portions of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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Doctors Group Demonstrates to Ask Government for ‘Beans Not Beef’ for Health of Planet and People
April 27, 2021 GMT
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WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 27, 2021
“Beans Not Beef” is the Earth Day message the nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine recently spelled out with bags of beans on the National Mall. The message coincided with the White House’s climate summit. The doctors group recently petitioned the White House to update its executive order titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” to recommend policy changes that could help alleviate the climate crisis and improve human health by cutting animal agriculture and promoting a plant-based diet.