Rice is good for you! Rice is bad for you!
Coffee is good for you! Coffee is bad for you!
Wine. Acidic foods. Cooking temps. Sweets.
This is why I think the “everything in moderation” idea about food choices is an acceptable approach. There can be competing truths in my head about what is okay or bad, whether or not I should eat red meat.
Maybe I’ll eat it tonight, but I probably shouldn’t eat it every night.
Everyone has an opinion about food too, I find. Diets and science and morals and ethics. So, when I meet someone who has their feet firmly on either side of some issue, and are more knowledgable than me about their viewpoint, I can usually get a good talk out of it. Since I know a little bit, I can ask good questions as if from the other camp, and we can challenge eachother's statements. In the end I might yield the debate to make peace and show that I'm not really in opposition, though I may secretly still remain unpersuaded. But I'm sure to have had my internal debate enriched with food for thought! And it might even have turned into an enjoyable and memorable social encounter.