On Food and Cooking

Chapter 3

Meat

Eating Animals
The Essence of the Animal: Mobility from
Muscle
Humans as Meat Eaters
The History of Meat Consumption
Why Do People Love Meat?
Meat and Health
Meat’s Ancient and Immediate Nutritional
Advantages...
...And Modern, Long-Term Disadvantages
Meat and Food-Borne Infections
“Mad Cow Disease”
Controversies in Modern Meat Production
Hormones
Antibiotics
Humane Meat Production
The Structure and Qualities of Meat