How to Be a Conscious Eater
environmentally inefficient source of food (see page 191), doing so is also a big waste of our collective water and land. Our ex ...
higher rates of cancer later in life. This could be because eating a lot of protein often means eating a lot of meat (at least i ...
24 THE CONSCIOUS CARNIVORE: FIRST, LESS. THEN, BETTER. W hen cattle, goats, and sheep burp, fart, and poop, they emit methane an ...
AFTER LESS MEAT COMES BETTER MEAT. WHAT COUNTS? There’s a trope in my line of work that when you ask children where their steak ...
DO A LOT LESS HARM BY PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE. See page 146 for which labels to look for to know you’re getting the “better” yo ...
lab-grown fare is still in its infancy as far as commercially available products, its future looks favorable. Also known as “cul ...
25 THE CONSCIOUS CARNIVORE: ANIMAL WELFARE EDITION I n a nation that spends innumerable hours a year watching cat videos and pam ...
The global population of livestock consists of approxi- mately 19.6 billion chickens, 1.9 billion sheep and goats, 1.4 billion c ...
animal feeding operations (CAFOs) boost the likelihood of disease spreading, animals are often given prophy- lactic antibiotics. ...
Also, look for farmers and ranchers who raise animals as part of diversified farms, meaning that one type of animal is not the o ...
26 THE GRASS-FED QUESTION N ot to beat a dead horse, er, cow, but the only sustainable way that a growing population can eat ani ...
particular, it has more omega-3s, healthy fats that are found in grass. One last selling point: Many people who try grass-fed be ...
Bottom line: You’re best off with a third-party-verified stamp. According to Consumer Reports, two of the most meaning- ful labe ...
27 WHY FISH AND SEAFOOD ARE WORTH YOUR WHILE W hen it comes to consuming life under water, there are a lot of issues to contend ...
studies have confirmed the health-promoting powers of the Mediterranean diet, and omega-3s from fatty fish like sardines and sal ...
who might become pregnant, women nursing infants, and small children. These groups most definitely should avoid the following ty ...
than the risks of mercury contamination. There are far more types of fish that are safe and even really good for you to eat than ...
28 SUSTAINABILITY AT SEA: A PRIMER B ecause of overfishing, approximately 90 percent of the top underwater predators have been w ...
What it means: Seafood Watch uses a three-part rating scheme: “Best” (labeled green) means the fish are caught or farmed using m ...
Health of fish populations. In measuring the health of a fish stock, what counts as “enough”? It generally means the population ...
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