267: Cow as scapegoat
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
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🗓️ 28 September 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Red meat seems to be a singular focus for much that is wrong with the modern world. We're told that it's possibly carcinogenic and that cows are "destroying the planet." Diana Rodgers, RD, and best-selling author Robb Wolf beg to differ. They are the authors of "Sacred Cow" and the driving force behind the movie by the same name.
In today's conversation, they set the record straight on a number of levels. They cover how well-managed cattle can be a net carbon sink for the environment. They explain how cattle don't actually take up "too much land" because not all land is suitable for cropping. And they review when it was that beef and fat began to be viewed as "bad" for health, when in fact the truth is just the opposite. Our bodies thrive on animal products, and have done so for millennia.
All in all, they make a strong case for "better meat" from regenerative farms.
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| 0:00.0 | And COVID was fascinating in this regard, where we had a span of months where transportation and energy production and whatnot were really curtailed. |
| 0:08.8 | Animal numbers were not changed at all, but yet atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions plummeted. |
| 0:14.4 | So this is a really cool natural experiment, like if there is a silver lining that has come out of COVID, |
| 0:21.1 | this is one of the few examples where we can point pretty emphatically |
| 0:26.0 | to the fact that when transportation was dramatically curtailed, then we saw a decrease in |
| 0:32.1 | greenhouse gas emissions. |
| 0:33.4 | From the Westin A Price Foundation, |
| 0:41.4 | welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions in Food, |
| 0:45.6 | Farming and the Healing Arts. |
| 0:47.6 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal |
| 0:52.2 | health. |
| 0:53.0 | Hey, Hilda here. |
| 0:58.0 | Red meat seems to be a singular focus for all that is wrong with the modern world, including |
| 1:05.9 | health concerns and destroying the planet. |
| 1:08.5 | This is episode 267 and our guests today are Diana Rogers and Rob Wolf, the authors of Sacred |
| 1:14.7 | Cow and the driving force behind the movie by the same name. Those projects and |
| 1:19.4 | in today's conversation they turn conventional thinking on its head. |
| 1:23.4 | They bust a ton of myths about cows and climate change. |
| 1:27.8 | For example, they set the record straight on how methane from cattle does not drive climate change, how the |
| 1:33.7 | argument that cattle are using up valuable resources like land and water |
| 1:37.8 | well just doesn't hold water really and they reveal the truth that meat is |
| 1:41.8 | actually good for our health they back all of their |
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