Welcome back to the Diet Doctor podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Brett Schur.

Today is my pleasure to be joined by Professor Frank Mittlearner.

Now, Professor Mittlearner is a professor in Air Quality Extension Specialist in the Department

of Animal Science at UC Davis, and he has a PhD in animal science.

And as you'll see, he took an interesting path from

Germany to find his way to the United States, to get his PhD in Texas, and then to end up

at UC Davis, where he's now the director of the Clear Center. And he's doing research on ways

to reduce methane emissions from ruminants. But as you'll hear from his message that what he really passionate about is making

sure that we understand the importance of methane emissions and where they rank in terms

of the risk of greenhouse gases compared to carbon dioxide and how the narrative we're hearing is not the full picture.

I think his message is so important because we hear so much in the media

about the contribution of ruminants to greenhouse gases,

about the impact of eating less meat or going vegan could have on the environment.

And because we hear so much in

the media, sometimes we lose the perspective of where it fits into the whole picture. And that's

where Frank really shines, as you really helps us see the broader perspective and to see

where this ranks. It's not that it has no impact. It clearly has an impact, but boy,

you might be surprised to hear some of the specifics that he talks about, about the

contribution of ruminants to greenhouse gases. So I hope this is an eye-opening discussion for you.

Please share it with your friends if you find it helpful. And come back for more episodes of the Diet Doctor podcast.

Well, Professor Frank Mittlearner, thank you so much for joining me today on the Diet

Doctor podcast.

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