Welcome back to the Diet Doctor Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Brett Scher. Today I'm joined by

Diana Rogers. Now, if you haven't met or heard of Diana Rogers, you need to because she's

spreading a message that I think everybody needs to hear. Now, Diana is a registered dietitian

and a farm owner and an author and a podcast host and now a movie

producer. She's recently coming out with Sacred Cow, the case for better meat, both a book

and a documentary. So much of the discussion around meat seems to be we need to either go meat

free, completely vegan, or continue with our current system of meat

production.

And she's saying no, there's a middle ground.

There's a case for better meat raised in a more sustainable way.

That's better for the environment.

And of course, for our health, it seems pretty clear that meat is beneficial for our health in so many ways,

both in the U.S. and in the world, in developed countries, in undeveloped countries,

and how our attention sort of needs to shift from just creating more calories,

producing more calories, to producing more nutrients,

and doing it in a way that's sustainable for the environment,

sustainable for health.

I think this is such an important message.

And really is more important now more than ever

because of COVID-19 and coronavirus

and what that has told us about our food system

and the food delivery system,

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