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Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory

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Meat eating is steadily a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption.

This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, right through their evolution and around the globe. Setting the scene with a chapter on meat’s role in human evolution and its growing influence right through the development of agricultural practices, the book goes on to examine modern production systems, their efficiencies, outputs, and impacts. The major global trends of meat consumption are described so as to find out what part its consumption plays in changing modern diets in countries around the globe. The heart of the book addresses the consequences of the “massive carnivory” of western diets, taking a look at the inefficiencies of production and at the huge impacts on land, water, and the atmosphere. Health impacts are also covered, both positive and negative. In conclusion, the writer looks forward at his vision of “rational meat eating”, where environmental and health impacts are reduced, animals are treated more humanely, and alternative sources of protein make a higher contribution.

Should We Eat Meat? isn’t an ideological tract for or against carnivorousness but moderately a careful evaluation of meat’s roles in human diets and the environmental and health consequences of its production and consumption. It’ll be of interest to a wide readership including professionals and academics in food and agricultural production, human health and nutrition, environmental science, and regulatory and policy making bodies around the globe.

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