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Kenny Torrella

Kenny Torrella

Senior Reporter, Future Perfect

    Latest articles by Kenny Torrella

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    You’re probably eating way too much proteinYou’re probably eating way too much protein
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    Americans are obsessing over protein and forgetting about fiber.

    By Kenny Torrella
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    A practical guide to eating less meatA practical guide to eating less meat
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    The American diet is lopsided toward meat. Here’s how to incorporate more plant-based food into your life.

    By Kenny Torrella and Allison Rockey
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    When one twin goes vegan and the other doesn’tWhen one twin goes vegan and the other doesn’t
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    What a plant-based diet can and cannot do for you, explained by Netflix’s You Are What You Eat.

    By Kenny Torrella
    24 things we think will happen in 2024
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    From Trump to Tesla, how 2024 will shake out, according to the Future Perfect team.

    By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews and 4 more
    The 14 predictions that came true in 2023 — and the 7 that didn’t
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    The 21 forecasts we made in 2023, revisited.

    By Bryan Walsh, Dylan Matthews and 2 more
    10 actually good things that happened in 2023
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    This was a hard year. But these 10 news stories remind us a better future is possible.

    By Kenny Torrella, Oshan Jarow and 1 more
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    Big Meat just can’t quit antibioticsBig Meat just can’t quit antibiotics
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    Meat production is making lifesaving drugs less effective. Where’s the FDA?

    By Kenny Torrella
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    We raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat themWe raise 18 billion animals a year to die — and then we don’t even eat them
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    From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.

    By Kenny Torrella
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    The new Chicken Run movie is fun — and a damning critique of America’s meat industryThe new Chicken Run movie is fun — and a damning critique of America’s meat industry
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    The mixed messages kids get about meat — and how we should think about them — explained by the Chicken Run movies.

    By Kenny Torrella
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    There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.
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    Meat and dairy are driving the climate crisis. Why won’t world leaders at COP28 do anything about it?

    By Kenny Torrella