42. Squashed by the Pyramid

An occasional theme of this website has been food – who eats what – and the relations between our diet and the treatment of animals. I’ve just finishing reading a book about food and the recent history of dietary science and advice, especially in relation to fat, Nina Teicholz’s The Big Fat Surprise.

Early in the book I was reminded of a day, or more exactly, a moment, in 1998 or so. In the years leading up to that time I had tried hard to eat healthily according to the government-approved gu...