{"product_id":"sacred-cow-the-case-for-better-meat-why-well-raised-meat-is-good-for-you-and-good-for-the-planet-1","title":"Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat: Why Well-Raised Meat Is Good for You and Good for the Planet","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDiana Rodgers, RD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a \"real food\" nutritionist and sustainability advocate. She's an author, runs a clinical nutrition practice, and is the host of The Sustainable Dish Podcast. Diana writes and speaks internationally about the intersection of optimal human nutrition and environmental sustainability. Diana is an advisory board member of Animal Welfare Approved, Savory Institute, and Whole30. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobb Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e, a former research biochemist is the two-time \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\/ \n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Paleo Solution\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eWired To Eat\u003c\/i\u003e. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. Robb has functioned as a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Biomed Central) and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. He serves on the board of Directors\/Advisors for: Specialty Health Inc, The Chickasaw Nation's \"Unconquered Life\" initiative and a number of innovative start ups with a focus on health and sustainability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\"\" \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a new way to look at sustainable diets. The book takes a deep dive into the nutritional claims against meat, why cattle raised well are actually good for the environment, and address the ethical considerations surrounding killing animals for food. The truth is, you cannot have life without death, and eliminating animals from our food system could cause more harm than good.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eMichelle Tam, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNom Nom Paleo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"All too often, the voices making the least scientifically accurate claims are the loudest, and it's hard not to be influenced by that sexy Netflix documentary on going vegan. But what if you could do both--eat the animal products that you believe help you feel your best, sourced via farming practices that support the environment and animal welfare? In \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e, dietitian Diana Rodgers and N \n\u003ci\u003eew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Robb Wolf help you do just that, with scientific rigor, deep compassion, and wit. They examine the data on cattle and nutrient-density, the environment, and the ethics around eating meat across the globe, arriving at conclusions designed to help you feel good about the beef you are feeding your family.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eMelissa Urban, Whole30 cofounder and CEO\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Diana and Robb have answered the burning question about meat. \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e proves 'It's not the COW, it's the HOW.' The answer to our broken food system is not no meat, it's better meat. If you are concerned about red meat's impact on your health and the planet, this book is for you.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eMark Hyman, MD, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Diana and Robb have precisely and approachably laid out the science on how grazing animals are critical to the future of sustainable agriculture. They also definitively refute the claims that meat is unhealthy and make a convincing case that eating meat can be done in an ethical manner. I highly recommend \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e for anyone who eats.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Mark Sisson, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Keto Reset Diet\u003c\/i\u003e and founder of Primal Kitchen foods\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Humans have been eating meat for at least 2.6 million years, and it has played a critical role in our evolution. In this important book, Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf use the most recent scientific evidence to make the nutritional, environmental, and ethical case for better meat--and to debunk increasingly common myths and misunderstandings about the role of animal products in our diet.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Chris Kresser, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paleo Cure\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnconventional Medicine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\" \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow: The Case for Better Meat\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive, well documented treatise that provides us with all the scientific data we need to make informed choices about how to eat that will benefit BOTH ourselves and our planet!\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Frederick Kirschenmann, PhD, Distinguished Fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Abandoning animal agriculture might well be the greatest mistake humanity could ever make. Today's science cannot give definitive answers to the complex questions of human nutrition and ecological integrity. However, the scientific evidence indicting animal agriculture is weak, and evidence defending animal-based foods and farm animals as essential for human health and agricultural sustainability is strong--as clearly documented in \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--John Ikerd, PhD, professor emeritus of agricultural economics at the University of Missouri\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"The current war against meat eaters and livestock farmers promises ethical, ecological, and health benefits from fake lab meat and plant-only diets. \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow \u003c\/i\u003edebunks every utopian promise with precision missiles from science and a deep understanding of how life and the planet actually work.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farm and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Stockman Grass Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"The shift in agriculture, from one based on biology to one based on chemistry, and the resulting shift in our diets from whole foods to highly processed foods have resulted in nutrition-related disease, obesity, and environmental destruction. Diana and Robb fully understand the problem and the solution: we must change our diets and regenerate our soils, and well-managed grazing animals are critical to this transition.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Allan Savory, president of Savory Institute and chairman of the Africa Center for Holistic Management\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"So much of the confusion about creating a sustainable future is based on a misunderstanding of ecology, evolution, and our place within the natural world. Much of our confusion has to do with our increasing separation from nature, especially how our food is produced. This book clearly explains how it all fits together, and how the interwoven evolution of ruminants, grasslands, and homo sapiens is not something to be left in the past, but to be celebrated and reclaimed.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eMark A. Ritchie, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003cb\u003eexecutive director of the International Sustainable Development Studies Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\"Diana and Robb have written a tour de force making the case that meat can be good for our bodies, the animals, and the earth. \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e is the antidote to miserably meatless mondays and impossibly impotent impossible burgers. The cure is an ethical approach to eating animals, giving them their rightful place in our ecology.\"\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Chris Masterjohn, PhD, former assistant professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWe're told that if we care about our health--or our planet--eliminating red meat from our diets is crucial. That beef is bad for us and cattle farming is horrible for the environment. But science says otherwise.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeef is framed as the most environmentally destructive and least healthy of meats. We're often told that the only solution is to reduce or quit red meat entirely. But despite what anti-meat groups, vegan celebrities, and some health experts say, plant-based agriculture is far from a perfect solution. In \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow\u003c\/i\u003e, registered dietitian Diana Rodgers and former research biochemist and \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Robb Wolf explore the quandaries we face in raising and eating animals--focusing on the largest (and most maligned) of farmed animals, the cow. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking a critical look at the assumptions and misinformation about meat, \n\u003ci\u003eSacred Cow \u003c\/i\u003epoints out the flaws in our current food system \n\u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ein the proposed \"solutions.\" Inside, Rodgers and Wolf reveal contrarian but science-based findings, such as: \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Meat and animal fat are essential for our bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A sustainable food system cannot exist without animals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A vegan diet may destroy more life than sustainable cattle farming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Regenerative cattle ranching is one of our best tools at mitigating climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll also find practical guidance on how to support sustainable farms and a 30-day challenge to help you transition to a healthful and conscientious diet. With scientific rigor, deep compassion, and wit, Rodgers and Wolf argue unequivocally that meat (done right) should have a place on the table. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's not the \u003ci\u003ecow\u003c\/i\u003e, it's the \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eRodgers, Diana\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Rodgers, RD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a \"real food\" nutritionist and sustainability advocate. She's an author, runs a clinical nutrition practice, and is the host of The Sustainable Dish Podcast. Diana writes and speaks internationally about the intersection of optimal human nutrition and environmental sustainability. Diana is an advisory board member of Animal Welfare Approved, Savory Institute, and Whole30. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eWolf, Robb\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobb Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e, a former research biochemist is the two-time \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paleo Solution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWired To Eat\u003c\/i\u003e. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, books and seminars. Robb has functioned as a review editor for the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism (Biomed Central) and as a consultant for the Naval Special Warfare Resiliency program. He serves on the board of Directors\/Advisors for: Specialty Health Inc, The Chickasaw Nation's \"Unconquered Life\" initiative and a number of innovative start ups with a focus on health and sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rodgers, Diana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benbella Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2021-11-02\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Health \u0026amp; Fitness|Healthy Living|Cooking|General|Health \u0026amp; Fitness|Diet \u0026amp; Nutrition|Diets\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Environmental aspects|Nutrition|Factory farms|Meat animals|Moral and ethical aspects|Vegetarianism|HOUSE \u0026amp; HOME|General|Meat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953295798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781953295798\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benbella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154276188438,"sku":"SP-9781953295798","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781953295798_spiral.png?v=1774940195","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/sacred-cow-the-case-for-better-meat-why-well-raised-meat-is-good-for-you-and-good-for-the-planet-1","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}