Just to throw something into this debate – surely there
isn’t any question over whether you can be vegetarian and
healthy?! I thought that there was plenty of evidence for
this. On the evolution issue there was a fascinating talk at the
British Council Darwin’s Living Legacy Conference in Egypt by Professor
Richard Wrangham re evolution and cooked foods – Wrangham is at Harvard
University, USA his latest book is called Catching Fire: How cooking made us
human, Profile books Sept 2009. Take a look – not strictly
about vegetarianism but about evolution and diet etc. Sallie
Sallie Robins
Darwin's Living Legacy - an international conference on
evolution and society Nov 14-16 2009, Egypt
http://darwin.britishcouncil.org/posts/darwin-s-living-legacy-an-international-conference-on-evolution-and-society-14-16-november
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Oh dear oh dear. That's a bit limp of him. Nicholas Stern
should put his diet where his mouth is.
Richard
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On 18 Nov 2009, at 08:12, Bob Ward wrote:
Dear
Gemma (and other psci-commers),
It
sounds like an interesting project. However, I think your reference to
"the recent news that we should adopt a vegetarian diet in order to help
save the planet" may be in relation to the misleading headline from the
front page of 'The Times' a couple of weeks ago (and subsequent
reports) which misrepresented comments from Nicholas Stern (who is chair
of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment). He
didn't urge people to become vegetarian (he isn't a vegetarian
himself) - he just stated that people should be aware of the emissions involved
in the production of food and pointed out that in general a
vegetarian diet involves the emission of less greenhouse gas than a typical
meat diet. You may find it useful to read this letter from Lord Stern which
rebutted the article in 'The Times'.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6894348.ece
Good
luck with your project!
Bob
Bob Ward
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Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
London School of Economics and Political Science
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From: psci-com: on public engagement with science [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gemma Hebden
Sent: 17 November 2009
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Do you
know anyone that can talk about diet?
Dear all
I'm currently producing a short film documentary for my 3rd year
science communication project, which asks whether we can remove meat from a
human diet and still remain healthy. In light of the recent news that we should
adopt a vegetarian diet in order to help save the planet, I would like to
interview an expert on whether this is sensible from an evolutionary basis. I
want to ask questions such as 'have we evolved to eat meat? Can we remove it
from our diets and remain healthy, and what, if anything, would we need to
supplement our diets with'?. I would only need 15 minutes, am happy to work
round schedules and will travel to the interviewee.
Any suggestions gratefully received!
Thank you!
Gemma
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