Without animals, our entire ecosystem and our health will fall apart. On October 1, 2019 a “controversial” study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled “Effect of Lower versus Higher Read Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes: A Systemic Review of Randomized Trials”. The review evaluated the data of 12 randomized studies […]
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” – John Muir There was a recent article in The Washington Post entitled “Meat is Horrible”, once again vilifying meat, that was full of inaccurate statements about the harm cattle impose on the land, how bad it
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The EAT Lancet Commission has just released a new, drastic recommendation for a global dietary shift. Their “flexitarian” diet recommends less than half an ounce of red meat per day, less than one ounce of white meat per day, one ounce of fish a day, 1/4 of an egg, and 9 ounces of milk (or
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We hear it all the time – cattle are blamed for releasing tons of methane gas, which contributes to global warming. But is it all cattle, or is it the WAY cattle are managed on the land that’s the issue? Some studies have looked at grass-fed beef and have found not only do the animals
It’s Not the COW, it’s the HOW: New Study Shows Grass-fed Beef Can be a Carbon Sink Read More »
My inbox has been inundated with people freaking out about recent papers and articles claiming that grass-fed beef is NOT going to save the planet. Basically, these scientists are ignoring important research and not looking at the full picture. While there’s still work to be done, many have proven that yes, in fact, grass-fed
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The following is a letter to the editor of the New York Times that was never published, so I’m posting it here: To the Editor: Re: Health Leaders Must Focus on the Threats From Factory Farms, May 21, 2017 There is growing scientific and public consensus that industrial agriculture, of plants and animals alike, is
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role of animal protein in the human diet and the environment; specifically, the meat from herbivores like beef, bison, lamb, and goat. Every time I turn around, a new documentary about global warming is telling me to stop eating beef. There are films, books and blogs citing
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