Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
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Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
Modern chickens are cooped up in dirty cages, lacking room even to turn around. In order to keep them alive under those conditions, their food is dosed on a regular basis with antibiotics. So you are eating a fatter chicken pumped full of antibiotics that can mess with your natural bowel flora that can affect your weight; and it is filled with toxi
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a book by John Robbins, onetime heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune who renounced his inheritance when he discovered the harmful effects of animal product consumption at every level. In his epic The Food Revolution (an update to his earlier, groundbreaking Diet for a New America), Robbins lays out as clearly and forcefully as possible the
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A Glut of Information and a Famine of Wisdom
Howard Jacobson • Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
There’s nothing good in fish that we can’t get from plants, minus the sky-high mercury levels that appeared on my blood tests during my pescetarian phase.
Howard Jacobson • Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
No matter the diet, the concept of the “Cheat Day” is a disempowering and dangerous one. People who eat strictly for six days a week and then binge on their favorite “forbidden foods” on day seven spend the entire week fantasizing about that cheeseburger. Whatever you do, don’t elevate the food you’re trying to eliminate to mythic status in your mi
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By focusing on the healthy and delicious plant-based options, you automatically crowd the animal protein off your plate without obsessing over it.
Howard Jacobson • Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
The key message here is not “zero meat” but rather “more plants.” More than 100 percent dietary purity, I want you to shift your overall dietary pattern.
Howard Jacobson • Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It
Americans consume more protein than just about any other nationality: on average, according to the World Health Organization, around 130 grams per day (about 4.5 ounces). The National Health and Nutrition Survey estimates are lower: 102 grams per day for men and 70 grams per day for women. Is that a lot or a little? Well, the recommended daily allo
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Meat—even grass-fed, clean-raised, organic meat—is a carcinogen; that is, it contributes to the formation of cancer. Dairy products and eggs may also be carcinogens.