Yes, your website will appear off-base, and not just to him. It will appear off-base to many more.

This is a good thing, since it is off-base. It is all the more the pity, since you do get some things right both there and in your post here: physical inactivity and excessive consumption of red meat or of high-glycemic carbohydrates are major problems.

But were you err is really inexcusable. You err by unconditionally condemning the consumption of red meat. This is a guarantee that you will not be taken seriously, even when you are right.

Red meat is still the best food source for pre-menopausal women to get enough bio-available iron in their diet. Since it is also a good source of protein and B12, it has a rightful place in their diet.

The key is to remember the simple idea far older than most of society’s ills, “moderation in all things”. Even pre-menopausal women do not need very much read meat. And too much really is harmful.

But all this, both your post and your website, is focused on the demand curve. Yes, that curve does need attention, but we have to pay attention to the supply curve, too. We have to be able to provide many health services at a much more reasonable price than we have been doing, we cannot count on a motion of the demand curve to magically make this happen.

To that end, Dr. Iton’s article is great. He doesn’t put it in the same language I just did, but he is calling attention to both. If we continue to fail to address both, health reform will fail in very much the manner he predicts.