A “bowl of cereal with skimmed milk, a Greek yoghurt and a lean chicken breast” – doesn’t that epitomise a “fad diet” (The Guardian view on the carnivore diet: red meat for influencers, but bad news for health, 25 August)? Ultraprocessed, unsustainable and wasteful – what is supposed to happen to most of the chicken and the precious dairy fat? I shall be sticking to the nose-to-tail red meat, butter and eggs that have restored my health. I suspect that this trend is powered by personal experience more than by influencers.
Anne Tropper
Ropley, Hampshire
• Adele Parks’ account of converting to pescatarianism explains how she demonstrated for “beauty without cruelty” (A moment that changed me: I gave up meat at 16 – and learned how to say no, 27 August). But, as she still eats fish and dairy, she apparently doesn’t believe in food without cruelty. If you really want to be kind to other species, go vegan. Otherwise you’re simply saying that your form of cruelty is acceptable while others aren’t.
Rendel Harris
London
