Cows Aren't Killing The Planet | Diana Rodgers

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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268: Diana Rodgers is behind the Sustainable Dish Instagram account and the hugely popular book and documentary, Sacred Cow. In this conversation, she’s addressing why meat is actually good for you (despite what you may have heard). There’s a lot of nuance, and Diana does an incredible job at breaking down the science to explain once and for all why plant-based diets aren’t always better for our bodies or the planet. Topics Discussed: → How managed grazing helps the land and animals → Dangers of monocropping → Why there’s no such thing as a bloodless diet → Why veganism is a diet of privilege → The propaganda behind ‘Meatless Mondays’ → A diet that actually helps the planet Sponsored By: → LMNT | Get a free 8-count Sample Pack of LMNT’s most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase at https://www.drinklmnt.com/realfoodology. Find your favorite LMNT flavor, or share with a friend! → Timeline | Go to⁠ https://www.timeline.com/REALFOODOLOGY ⁠for 10% off your order of Mitopure! → CURED | Get an exclusive 20%-off discount when you use code REALFOODOLOGY at checkout. Visit https://www.curednutrition.com/realfoodology and subscribe for Night Caps today to never miss a solid night’s sleep. → Clearstem | Go to https://www.clearstem.com/REALFOODOLOGY and use code REALFOODOLOGY at checkout for 15% off your first order. → MASA | Visit https://www.MASAChips.com/Realfoodology and use code Realfoodology for 25% off your first order. You can also find them nationwide at your local Sprouts supermarket starting October! → Puori | Feel the difference for yourself, go to https://www.puori.com/REALFOODOLOGY and use the code REALFOODOLOGY at checkout for 20% off. Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:04:32 - Truth About Meat → 00:10:14 - Regenerative Farming + Managed Grazing → 00:23:17 - Grass-fed vs. Typical Beef → 00:27:09 - Bloodless Diets Don’t Exist → 00:34:32 - Is Plant Based Really Better? → 00:48:25 - Methane: Cows vs. Cars → 00:54:56 - Going Meatless + Meatless Monday → 00:57:00 - Recommended Diets → 01:00:12 - Supporting Regenerative Farming → 01:03:39 - Sacred Cow: Book + Film → 01:05:25 - Diana’s Health Non-Negotiables Show Links: → Sacred Cow: The Case for Better Meat | Book → Sacred Cow | Documentary → Sustainable Dish | Podcast → Global Food Justice Alliance → Heifer International → Local Harvest → Eat Wild Check Out: → Diana Rodgers Check Out Courtney: → LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE → Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide! → @realfoodology → www.realfoodology.com → My Immune Supplement by 2x4 → Air Dr Air Purifier → AquaTru Water Filter → EWG Tap Water Database Produced By: Drake Peterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology Podcast.
0:03.0	We do have major problems in our food system and grazing animals in particular can be one of the best solutions to fixing climate change and also to nourish people, you know, with real food.
0:20.3	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast. I'm your host,
0:24.1	Courtney Swan. If you are a returning listener, welcome back. Thank you so much for listening.
0:29.2	And if you are a new listener, I'm so happy that you're here. I am the creator behind Real Foodology,
0:34.8	which started as a food and recipe blog 11 years ago when
0:39.1	I was getting my master's in nutrition. It has since evolved into an education-based
0:43.2	Instagram where I share a lot of what I talk about on this podcast over there. It's at
0:49.4	Real Foodology and of course, obviously, this podcast. Today's episode is a particularly important
0:56.7	conversation to me. If you follow my Instagram, you probably know some of this conversation
1:01.9	already because I speak about this a lot. I feel fortunate that I got to bring Diana Rogers on
1:07.0	today of the Sustainable Dish podcast and Instagram. She speaks really well to all the nuances around meat
1:15.6	and kind of the intersection of healthiness, ethics, and climate.
1:20.6	Dana Rogers is a registered dietitian and a real food nutritionist.
1:25.6	She's also the author of Sacred Cow, which is an
1:29.4	amazing resource if you want to learn more about everything that we talk about today. And she's also a
1:34.5	sustainability advocate. She also is a producer and director of the film Sacred Cow, which I highly
1:40.3	recommend watching. And she's also the host of the Sustainable Dish podcast.
1:44.8	I originally found her through her Instagram.
1:47.2	She is such a wealth of knowledge around this whole conversation.
1:51.0	She really speaks to all the nuances of it.
1:53.3	And I highly recommend following her on Instagram.
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