Introduction 1
Sacred Cow Quick Reference Guide 7
Chapter 1 Meat as Scapegoat 9
Part I The Nutritional Case for (Better) Meat
Chapter 2 Are Humans Omnivores? 25
Chapter 3 Are We Eating Too Much Meat? 30
Chapter 4 Does Meat Cause Chronic Disease? 40
Chapter 5 Is Meat a Healthy Food? 68
Chapter 6 Even If Meat Isn't Bad for Me, Can't I Get All My Nutrition from Plants? 85
Part II The Environmental Case for (Better) Meat
Chapter 7 What Role Does Livestock Play in Our Environment? 113
Chapter 8 Can a Sustainable Food System Exist Without Animals? 126
Chapter 9 Are Cattle Contributing to Climate Change? 133
Chapter 10 Aren't Cattle Inefficient with Feed? 148
Chapter 11 Don't Cattle Take Up Too Much Land? 158
Chapter 12 Don't Cattle Drink Too Much Water? 171
Part III The Ethical Case for (Better) Meat
Chapter 13 Is Eating Animals Immoral? 183
Chapter 14 Why Did Meat Become Taboo? 203
Chapter 15 Why Eat Animals If We Could Survive on Only Plants? 217
Part IV What We Can Do
Chapter 16 Feeding the World 225
Chapter 17 Eat Like a Nutrivore 244
In Closing 263
Acknowledgments 267
Notes 269
Index 293
About the Authors 305