Former Australian of the Year slams ‘religious roots’ of anti-red meat medical advice
A former Australian of the Year claims medical institutions are continuing to spruik dietary advice that ultimately comes not from medical research but the visions of a Seventh-day Adventist Church prophet back in 1863.
Dr James Muecke, an ophthalmologist, fronted the AMA National Conference in Adelaide this month, advocating low-carb, “real food” diets that included red meat.
“The idea that red meat is bad for human health dates to the middle of the 19th century and was championed by Ellen G White, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,” Dr Muecke told doctors.
Ms White believed that God flooded the Earth because humans “ate animal food and gratified their lusts until their cup of iniquity was full” and only allowed omnivorous diets afterwards to shorten humans’ “sinful lives”.
