Thanks for Publishing my Photo, PoPville in “Eaton DC going beef- free for the month of October 2019.” – except why not replace with a whole food plant-based option instead of an artificial, bio-engineered one?

Thanks for including my photo in this reprint of an @EatonWorkshop press release.

As I mentioned when @FastCompany published a similar article, I have questions about how helpful this substitution is:

Thanks for Publishing my Photo, FastCompany, in Eaton DC hotel goes beef-free to help … except I’m not sure how replacement with ultra-processed, bioengineered food is helpful…

Since that time

• The author of the fast company article and I have corresponded about this piece:

Thank you! And yes, a focus on fossil fuels is probably more impactful than the one described in the article. Appreciate you taking a look and your work 😀

— Ted Eytan, MD, MS, MPH (@tedeytan) September 30, 2019

• The NutriRECS series of studies have come out, dramatically changing the landscape of nutrition research, especially in regards to meat consumption. See this post: Most important part of this week’s published nutritional guideline recommendations – personal preferences and values are respected

• I have calculated my own carbon footprint. As it shows, diet is a very small part of a person’s carbon footprint. I have also purchased carbon offsets to mitigate emissions. I recommend organizations like Eaton DC do the same, it’s fairly easy to do now.

What hasn’t changed

• There are still concerns (which I share) around replacing unprocessed/minimally processed food with ultra-processed, genetically engineered forms.

I’ve been asked to eat one of these food products while wearing a continuous glucose monitor to see how they impact blood sugar levels. I’ll consider it. If someone else has done this and can spare my metabolism, let me know.

• The recommendations made in the previous post are still the same

  • Add whole-food plant-based version of food to the menu during this trial and not an artificial, genetically engineered one.

  • Look at at energy use. Is Eaton Workshop reducing its carbon footprint by investing in non-fossil-fuel sources of energy (easy to do)? I’m about to write a post on how I did this for myself and my carbon footprint. It’s far more useful if large organizations do this too.

1201 K Street, NW. Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted EytanFrom a press release:”Eaton DC has announced their decision to go beef-free for the month of October 2019. The hotel has decided to make this change in response to the record-breaking fires destroying the Amazon rainforest and the eff

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