Meathooked, Marta Zaraska
Meathooked, Marta Zaraska
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Meathooked
The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat

Author: Marta Zaraska

Narrator: Emily Durante

Unabridged: 8 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/17/2016

Categories: Cooking, Nonfiction


Synopsis

One of the great science and health revelations of our time is the danger posed by meat-eating. Every day, it seems, we are warned about the harm producing and consuming meat can do to the environment and our bodies. Many of us have tried to limit how much meat we consume, and many of us have tried to give it up altogether. But it is not easy to resist the smoky, cured, barbecued, and fried delights that tempt us. What makes us crave animal protein, and what makes it so hard to give up? And if consuming meat is truly unhealthy for human beings, why didn't evolution turn us all into vegetarians in the first place?

In Meathooked, science writer Marta Zaraska explores what she calls the "meat puzzle": our love of meat, despite its harmful effects. Zaraska takes us on a witty tour of meat cultures around the word, stopping in India's unusual steakhouses, animal sacrifices at temples in Benin, and labs in the Netherlands that grow meat in petri dishes. From the power of evolution to the influence of the meat lobby, and from our genetic makeup to the traditions of our foremothers, she reveals the interplay of forces that keep us hooked on animal protein.

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Reviews

4.5 stars -- Have you ever just wondered, “Meat, WTF?” What is it about meat that makes even the most intelligent and erudite people suddenly drop to single-digit IQ levels when they discuss it—as memorably illustrated by this comic? Why do so many Americans go from the bypass surgery table right......more

Goodreads review by Martin

This genial, well-written, entertaining, and well-researched gallop through millennia of meat eating looks not only at the biological reasons why almost all of us are drawn to meat-eating but also at the symbolic and cultural reasons for our obsession with animal protein. Zaraska combines on-the-gro......more

Goodreads review by Mona

To interesujaca książka nie tylko dla wegetarian czy wegan. Autorka prezentuje bardzo ciekawe fakty na różne tematy związane z jedzeniem mięsa. Porusza konsekwencje zdrowotne, etyczne, środowiskowe, a także społeczne i kulturowe. Stara się też przybliżyć czytelnikowi tendencje dietetyczne różnych sp......more