Diana Rodgers, RD, is a "real food" nutritionist and sustainability
advocate. 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.
Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist is the two-time New York
Times/Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paleo Solution
and Wired To Eat. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of
thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes
podcast, books and seminars. Robb 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. He
serves on the board of Directors/Advisors for- Specialty Health
Inc, The Chickasaw Nation's "Unconquered Life" initiative and a
number of innovative start ups with a focus on health and
sustainability.
"Sacred Cow proposes a new way to look at sustainable diets. The
book takes a deep dive into the nutritional claims against meat,
why cattle raised well are actually good for the environment, and
address the ethical considerations surrounding killing animals for
food. The truth is, you cannot have life without death, and
eliminating animals from our food system could cause more harm than
good."
—Michelle Tam, New York Times bestselling author of Nom Nom
Paleo
"All too often, the voices making the least scientifically accurate
claims are the loudest, and it's hard not to be influenced by that
sexy Netflix documentary on going vegan. But what if you could do
both—eat the animal products that you believe help you feel your
best, sourced via farming practices that support the environment
and animal welfare? In Sacred Cow, dietitian Diana
Rodgers and New York Times bestselling author Robb Wolf
help you do just that, with scientific rigor, deep compassion, and
wit. They examine the data on cattle and nutrient-density, the
environment, and the ethics around eating meat across the globe,
arriving at conclusions designed to help you feel good about the
beef you are feeding your family."
—Melissa Urban, Whole30 cofounder and CEO
"Diana and Robb have answered the burning question about meat.
Sacred Cow proves ‘It's not the COW, it's the HOW.' 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
"Diana and Robb have precisely and approachably laid out the
science on how grazing animals are critical to the future of
sustainable agriculture. They also definitively refute the claims
that meat is unhealthy and make 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 of The Keto Reset
Diet and founder of Primal Kitchen foods
"Humans have been eating meat for at least 2.6 million years, and
it has played a critical role in our evolution. In this important
book, Diana Rodgers and Robb Wolf use the most recent scientific
evidence to make the nutritional, environmental, and ethical case
for better meat—and to debunk increasingly common myths and
misunderstandings about the role of animal products in our
diet."
—Chris Kresser, New York Times bestselling author of The Paleo Cure
and Unconventional Medicine
"Sacred Cow: The Case for Better Meat 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
"Abandoning animal agriculture might well be the greatest mistake
humanity could ever make. Today's science cannot give definitive
answers to the complex questions of human nutrition and ecological
integrity. However, the scientific evidence indicting animal
agriculture is weak, and 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 economics at
the University of Missouri
"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 Farm and editor of The Stockman
Grass Farmer
"The shift in agriculture, from one based on biology to one based
on chemistry, and the resulting shift in our diets from
whole foods to highly processed foods have resulted
in nutrition-related disease, obesity, and environmental
destruction. Diana and Robb 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 and chairman of the
Africa Center for Holistic Management
"So much of the confusion about creating a sustainable future is
based on a misunderstanding of ecology, evolution, and our place
within the natural world. Much of our confusion has to do with our
increasing separation from nature, especially how our food is
produced. This book clearly explains how it all fits together, and
how the interwoven evolution of ruminants, grasslands, and homo
sapiens is not something to be left in the past, but to be
celebrated and reclaimed."
—Mark A. Ritchie, PhD, executive director of the International
Sustainable Development Studies Institute
"Diana and Robb have written a tour de force making the case that
meat can be good for our bodies, the animals, and the earth. Sacred
Cow is the antidote to miserably meatless mondays and impossibly
impotent impossible burgers. The cure is an ethical approach to
eating animals, giving them their rightful place in our
ecology."
—Chris Masterjohn, PhD, former assistant professor of Health and
Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College
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