Sofia Pineda Ochoa | Rethinking Eggs: Should you be eating them? @endgame2050 | Uploaded January 2016 | Updated October 2024, 52 minutes ago.
Should we be consuming eggs? There are serious health, safety, environmental and ethical issues implicated by the commercial production and consumption of eggs. Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa discusses these issues in this short video summary.
The first part of the transcript is included below for reference, and the full transcript (which is too long to have here) is available on our website, along with sources and credits, at this link: meatyourfuture.com/2016/01/rethinking-eggs
[The following transcript is an approximation of the audio in video. To hear the audio and see the accompanying visuals, please play the video.]
PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:
"Eggs are a traditional breakfast food in the West, and are popularly thought of as highly nutritional. However, numerous experts disagree with this culturally popular idea and instead advocate strongly for not consuming any eggs.
When egg companies use funding from the federally overseen American Egg Board for marketing and advertisement, they are expressly not allowed to lie or be misleading. And, for this reason, they have been warned by the USDA to not couch eggs as healthy or nutritious because doing so could be considered misleading.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, Dr. Michael Gregor from NutritionFacts.org obtained some very interesting exchanges between the USDA and egg companies that wanted to use the federally overseen American Egg Board advertising funds.
Here are some excerpts of Dr. Gregor’s presentation discussing this:
'This is some egg company trying to put out a brochure on healthy snacking for kids. But because of existing laws against false and misleading advertising, the head of the USDA's poultry research and promotion programs reminds them that you can't couch eggs or egg products as being healthy or nutritious.... You can't say eggs are nutritious at all. Can't say nutritious. Cannot say eggs are 'nutritious', sometimes you have to tell the industry a few times. Can't say eggs are 'healthful', certainly can't say they're 'healthy'.... Since you can't say eggs are a 'healthy' start to the day, the USDA suggests 'satisfying' start. Can't call eggs a 'healthy' ingredient, but you can call eggs a 'recognizable' ingredient. Can't truthfully say eggs are good for you. Can't say they're good for you. By law, the egg industry 'needs to steer clear of words like healthy or nutritious'.'
So, the USDA warned the egg companies not to represent eggs as either healthy or nutritious to steer clear from false advertising claims. Let’s look at some relevant nutritional studies that illustrate this point."
[Remainder of transcript, along with sources and credits, available here: meatyourfuture.com/2016/01/rethinking-eggs]
Should we be consuming eggs? There are serious health, safety, environmental and ethical issues implicated by the commercial production and consumption of eggs. Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa discusses these issues in this short video summary.
The first part of the transcript is included below for reference, and the full transcript (which is too long to have here) is available on our website, along with sources and credits, at this link: meatyourfuture.com/2016/01/rethinking-eggs
[The following transcript is an approximation of the audio in video. To hear the audio and see the accompanying visuals, please play the video.]
PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:
"Eggs are a traditional breakfast food in the West, and are popularly thought of as highly nutritional. However, numerous experts disagree with this culturally popular idea and instead advocate strongly for not consuming any eggs.
When egg companies use funding from the federally overseen American Egg Board for marketing and advertisement, they are expressly not allowed to lie or be misleading. And, for this reason, they have been warned by the USDA to not couch eggs as healthy or nutritious because doing so could be considered misleading.
Through the Freedom of Information Act, Dr. Michael Gregor from NutritionFacts.org obtained some very interesting exchanges between the USDA and egg companies that wanted to use the federally overseen American Egg Board advertising funds.
Here are some excerpts of Dr. Gregor’s presentation discussing this:
'This is some egg company trying to put out a brochure on healthy snacking for kids. But because of existing laws against false and misleading advertising, the head of the USDA's poultry research and promotion programs reminds them that you can't couch eggs or egg products as being healthy or nutritious.... You can't say eggs are nutritious at all. Can't say nutritious. Cannot say eggs are 'nutritious', sometimes you have to tell the industry a few times. Can't say eggs are 'healthful', certainly can't say they're 'healthy'.... Since you can't say eggs are a 'healthy' start to the day, the USDA suggests 'satisfying' start. Can't call eggs a 'healthy' ingredient, but you can call eggs a 'recognizable' ingredient. Can't truthfully say eggs are good for you. Can't say they're good for you. By law, the egg industry 'needs to steer clear of words like healthy or nutritious'.'
So, the USDA warned the egg companies not to represent eggs as either healthy or nutritious to steer clear from false advertising claims. Let’s look at some relevant nutritional studies that illustrate this point."
[Remainder of transcript, along with sources and credits, available here: meatyourfuture.com/2016/01/rethinking-eggs]
