Sacred Cow, Diana Rodgers
Sacred Cow, Diana Rodgers
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Sacred Cow
The Case for (Better) Meat

Author: Diana Rodgers, Robb Wolf

Narrator: Christine Williams

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/18/2020

Synopsis

We’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.Beef 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 Sacred Cow, registered dietitian Diana Rodgers and former research biochemist and New York Times bestselling 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.Taking a critical look at the assumptions and misinformation about meat, Sacred Cow points out the flaws in our current food system and in the proposed “solutions.” Inside, Rodgers and Wolf reveal contrarian but science-based findings, such asMeat and animal fat are essential for our bodies.A sustainable food system cannot exist without animals.A vegan diet may destroy more life than sustainable cattle farming.Regenerative cattle ranching is one of our best tools at mitigating climate change.You’ll also find practical guidance on how to support sustainable farms and a thirty-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. It’s not the cow, it’s the how!

About Diana Rodgers

Diana Rodgers, RD, NTP, is a “real food” nutritionist living on a working organic farm in New England. 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. She is also the producer and director of the film Sacred Cow.

About Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist, is the two-time New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired to Eat. He 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. Robb serves on the board of directors/advisers for SpecialtyHealth Inc., the Chickasaw Nation’s “Unconquered Life” initiative, and a number of innovative start-ups with a focus on health and sustainability. He is the cofounder of the Healthy Rebellion, a social movement with the goal of liberating one million people from the sick-care system. Robb is the executive producer of the film Sacred Cow.

About Christine Williams

Christine Williams is a singer and actor based in Ashland, Oregon. Her performance credits include productions at regional theaters and on concert stages across the country and around the world, from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Barbican Centre in London to the Aspen Music Festival and the Grotowski Institute in Poland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben

Sacred Cow gets five stars because it addresses the elephants in the room: The false narratives around cows and the environment. The false narratives around cows vs "plant-based" diets. The false narratives around conventional agriculture vs regenerative agriculture. Cows are amazing animals and are in......more

Goodreads review by Amy

Regenerative agriculture is our best hope for healing our health and the planet. If many people read this book and take it seriously, maybe we can save the world.......more

Goodreads review by Reid

Until about 18 months ago, I was a dedicated vegetarian. I believed, as do many people, that meat is raised in an inhumane fashion and is an environmental disaster. I also had ethical objections to killing animals, believing that an animal should not have to die in order to feed me. I eventually vee......more

Goodreads review by Susan

I'm going with a solid 2.5 stars here. This book cries out for a podcast where the author/s are forced to speak side by side with Jonathan Saffron Foer ("We Are the Climate"), or one of the experts whose studies on meat and climate and nutrition he attempts to debunk. I do not have the in-depth kno......more

Quotes

“Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf 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.” Allan Savory, president of Savory Institute

“A convincing case that eating meat can be done in an ethical manner. I highly recommend Sacred Cow for anyone who eats.” Mark Sisson, New York Times bestselling author

“Sacred Cow 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!” Frederick Kirschenmann, PhD, distinguished fellow at the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University

“The current war against meat eaters and livestock farmers promises ethical, ecological, and health benefits from fake lab meat and plant-only diets. Sacred Cow debunks every utopian promise with precision missiles from science and a deep understanding of how life and the planet actually work.” Joel Salatin, owner of Polyface Farms and editor of the Stockman Grass Farmer

“Abandoning animal agriculture might well be the greatest mistake humanity could ever make…Evidence defending animal-based foods and farm animals as essential for human health and agricultural sustainability is strong—as clearly documented in Sacred Cow.” John Ikerd, PhD, professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Missouri

“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.” Mark Hyman, MD, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine

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