The original CIA document link does not work/content was removed, but fortunately the document is archived.
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This has long been debunked. The studies that showed this were relying on food production minus exports. What they weren’t accounting for was spoilage, which was much more common in the Soviet Union. The US could also afford to produce more meat and fish than the USSR could. While it is true that meat especially has health issues associated with it, it was not some health guru that kept meat consumption low. It was simply that meat was scarce. As evidence, Russia has generally been increasing meat consumption over the years.
This has long been debunked
Not that I don’t believe you, but do you have any quality sources that clearly align with your debunk explanation or other debunk explanations?
Thank you for asking the right question instead of just downvoting. I normally wouldn’t link to a Reddit post, but this AskHistorians comment is of decent quality. It in turn cites a document that then has good citations of its own.
- Catraism-Stalinism ( @Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
reddit is your source?
Yes, but with a specific reason. It’s a particularly high quality post on a subreddit, AskHistorians, where only historians can answer. AskHistorians has a good track record of producing high quality answers. In turn, it links to a well sourced blog post.
- Catraism-Stalinism ( @Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
Ask historians is full of r/historymeme users who write long paragraphs
Reason for it being more nutritious:
Generally held nutritional arguments suggest individuals need fewer calories, less meat, less sugar and more grain to stay fit.
I like the CIA internal sources a lot though. Really appreciate people dig through them :)
Thanks! I’ve updated the title to reflect a more accurate claim.