Diana Rodgers on Meat Myths and Why Animal Products are Vital for Humans to Thrive

Episode Highlights With Diana Rodgers

• How she got into nutrition through her own undiagnosed celiac
• Why meat is the most vilified food and some reasons this is off base
• The most common myths and misconceptions on meat: nutrition, environment and ethics
• Why personal food decisions should stay personal and not be imposed on others
• What the research says about meat being critical for childhood development
• The elephant in the room: 60% of the US diet is ultra processed foods
• Why it's possible to meet protein needs and still be deficient in amino acids
• Protein consumption is especially important for women and children and specifically from animal products
• What sarcopenia is and why it is such a big problem
• Ways to help avoid sarocpenia
• For every pound of plant based protein, there are four pounds of waste
• The ways that cows are actually beneficial and important for the environment
• Almonds vs cows for water consumption and why almonds waste much more water than cows

Resources We Mention

• 374: Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat (& Methane Explained) With Diana Rodgers
• Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat: Why Well-Raised Meat Is Good for You and Good for the Planet by Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf
• Sacred Cow DVD
• Paleovalley beef sticks
• The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf
• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
• Cronometer.com

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