>>> print("proof by counterexample in a python REPL")
proof by counterexample in a python REPL
>>> x = 2; print(x)
2
>>> print("this is not ignored"); print("it's just mostly useless"); print("but you can use as many as you want")
this is not ignored
it's just mostly useless
but you can use as many as you want

The study seems to suggest those 2% are more so generic facts rather than particular initiatives or changes

Out of the 1,233 environmental claims, 20 (<2%) did not contain indicators of greenwashing (S1 Data). These claims were generally neutral and verifiable, such as “in the United States alone, 30–40% of food produced is never consumed” [32, p. 36], a statement supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [33]. Rather than emphasizing specific initiatives, these claims often focused on broader market, industry, or company trends.

EDIT: which is not to say that other generic facts can’t be misleading or twisted, just that these specific 2% weren’t

If you want to make the arithmetic faster for any number, (n+1)*n / 2 is the closed form expression for summing the (whole) numbers 1 to n

So (8+1)*8/2 = 36 in this case

Yeah this is good context to put, I’m going to copy that to the text body because I’ve definitely seen people mistakenly think they aren’t eating processed meats when they are

I get that this is more tongue and cheek, but for some perspective it’s around ~21% of US adults that are functionally illiterate (in English) from 2024 stats

Don’t see a paywall on my end, but https://archive.is/VKgxt should work

high-quality, plant-based foods, low in animal products

[…]

plant-based sources of proteins and fats were associated with about a 15% lower risk of CHD

Not the person you originally replied to, but eating plants directly would at least be a sort of harm reduction in that case. It takes a lot more plants to raise non-human animals than to just use plants directly. This is also a big part of why the environmental impact is so high for meat, dairy, etc.

1 kg of meat requires 2.8 kg of human-edible feed for ruminants and 3.2 for monogastrics

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912416300013

He’s uh claiming to be “ending the war on saturated fats” so one may want to re-evaluate. The focus on animal proteins (plant proteins get only side mentions) and animal fats is already going against what actual health officals say. For instance from the article:

As it is, Americans are consuming protein in amounts well above the amount that is necessary to sustain health and development," Marie-Pierre St-Onge, a professor at Columbia University Nutrition, told ABC News.

That’s a rather excessive amount unless you mean g protein/kg instead of g protein / lbs

People who exercise regularly also have higher needs, about 1.1-1.5 grams per kilogram. People who regularly lift weights or are training for a running or cycling event need 1.2-1.7 grams per kilogram. Excessive protein intake would be more than 2 grams per kilogram of body weight each day.

https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/are-you-getting-too-much-protein

2g / kg = ~0.9g /lbs for reference