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

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.

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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

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