Meat is a mighty contributor to climate change and other environmental problems. The amount of meat we're eating is one of the leading causes of climate change. It's as important as the kind of car you drive - whether you eat meat a lot or how much meat you eat.
Michael Pollan
Related For me, food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and an appropriate amoun... CURTIS STONE Animals raised on corn produce fattier meat, but it's not just that it's fattier, it's t... MICHAEL POLLAN My mom still eats meat. I will encourage her when it's appropriate to not eat meat. In fact, when we... CASEY AFFLECK Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rai... JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL Some have meat but cannot eat;
Some could eat but have no meat;
We have meat and can all eat;
... DR. PLUME I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry. CAROL BURNETT To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat. BUDDHA I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat. LASSE HALLSTROM I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't real... BRITTANY DANIEL The meat that I choose to feed my family, it's healthy meats such as lamb, which is very low in ... TIA MOWRY I eat a lot of salad, a little meat, and some fruit. That's all. But I like sweets. SOPHIA LOREN Some hae meat, and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
... ROBERT BURNS Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we have meat, and we can eat -... ROBERT BURNS Eating-wise, I'm fairly disciplined. I have to be, because if you're not eating correctly, y... KATE LEVERING Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct. DENIS LEARY I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, ... MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV I don't eat red meat. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you! TOMMY SMOTHERS By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and th... THICH NHAT HANH In much of the industrialized world, we eat meat not because we have to; we eat meat because we choo... MELANIE JOY I've been a vegetarian for so long, I forgot how much I missed meat. You know you don't realize how ... BRITTANY DANIEL If you're eating grassland meat, your carbon footprint is light and possibly even negative. MICHAEL POLLAN Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat... ROBERT BURNS 'Meat' is a vague term and can be used to refer to many parts of an animal, including intern... MICHAEL SPECTER Some vegetarians and vegans may object to in vitro meat, because they don't see the need for mea... PETER SINGER I don't eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat. DRAKE BELL I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever. ETHAN HAWKE Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth, nor do they meditate o... GURU NANAK I don't eat any red meat. TAYLOR MOMSEN The couple also likes the meat department. William Brown says, “I think they have a great meat dep... WILLIAM BROWN It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why ... ILYA ILYIN The only meat I eat is from animals I've killed myself. MARK ZUCKERBERG Most of us believe that eating meat is natural because humans have hunted and consumed animals for m... MELANIE JOY I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables. ARSENE WENGER McDonald's is in a unique position. They can decide they don't want meat with hormones in it... MICHAEL POLLAN [Meat rates high as a] must-have. ... but he'll eat anything. MICHAEL JORDAN But they're not - no pun intended, given the fish on Friday - entirely off the hook. If you do choos... JOSEPH MCALEER The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way ... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restrictio... A. J. JACOBS Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked int... NEAL BARNARD I'm married to a health-conscious American. I try to eat well, but definitely, as an Australian,... JAMES P. GORMAN Firstly, should we be selling and buying irradiated meat? I think that's up to the consumer, ult... ERIC SCHLOSSER Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I ... MICHAEL POLLAN You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. Y... SRI SATHYA SAI BABA I eat meat, the rarer the better. DOMINIQUE SWAIN Eating meat in a world that obtains its meat the way this one does is not okay with God. CRISTABEL MICHAELS If we're not supposed to eat animals, how come they're made out of meat? TOM SNYDER I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for. WILLIAM WYCHERLEY When you're eating on the bone, it makes the experience last a little longer. You can suck a little ... GRACE YOUNG The definition of gumbo is almost as slippery as that of Creole. Just as gumbo can contain pretty mu... JAY MCINERNEY I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun. BERNADETTE PETERS The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebrat... DAN BUETTNER Every now and again I just really have to have that steak or lamb chop. But yeah, B.C. - before canc... ROBIN ROBERTS I don't eat red meat, but sometimes a man needs a steak. GWYNETH PALTROW I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There sho... ERIC SCHLOSSER As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much ... BEAR GRYLLS There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly l... GARY L. FRANCIONE The whole climate change debate gives - and there are all kinds of quotes from adherents of and prom... RON JOHNSON I find television to be a bit like a meat grinder. It's like, you have a cow, you put it through... JILLIAN MICHAELS I ate fantastic Italian food in Croatia, which you wouldn't expect. The food in Istanbul was ama... CLIFF CURTIS Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody. ELLE MACPHERSON Consumers are going to have get used to eating less meat - to paying more for better quality meat an... JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER Meat is an inefficient way to eat. An acre of land can yield 20,000 pounds of potatoes, but that sam... ALEXANDRA PAUL I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po... NATALIE MARTINEZ Food from Quebec is not known to be amazing. Actually, even though you can eat really, really well i... CHARLOTTE LE BON It's a lighter breading, ... It's definitely a better piece of meat than a lot of places. If you're ... FRED SCHMIDT Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The m... JOAN JETT I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lo... RACHAEL RAY I'm very picky about the meat I eat. I eat grass-fed beef, which is now becoming more common. Ye... MICHAEL POLLAN You eat meat and you kill things that are better than you are, and then you say how bad, and even ki... CHARLES MANSON A simple rule of thumb is to shop the periphery of the grocery store - that's where you'll f... SUZANNE SOMERS Climate change is not a discrete issue; it's a symptom of larger problems. Fundamentally, our so... ALEX STEFFEN There is one taboo against meat-eating. It divides Hindus into vegetarians and flesh eaters. There i... B. R. AMBEDKAR Day to day, I love eating soup and salad; lots of stews, fish, chicken, meat and veg. I eat everythi... JERRY HALL If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat? JO BRAND I eat fish and love bacon. Plus, I don't mind if soups are made with chicken or beef stock, I ju... LISA LOEB But why must the system go to such lengths to block our empathy? Why all the psychological acrobatic... MELANIE JOY Flesh-meats will depreciate the blood. Cook meat with spices, and eat it with rich cakes and pies, a... ELLEN G. WHITE Eating meat destroys the attitude of great
compassion. BUDDHA Good drink... good meat... good God, let's eat! DAN CASTELLANETA Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you! TOMMY SMOTHERS Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of... JAMES HANSEN People eat meat and think they will become as strong as an ox, forgetting that the ox eats grass. PINO CARUSO But I love fish, cheese and meat, and I eat everything, but only in small quantities if it's ric... EVA HERZIGOVA Of all the foods we share, there is nothing more primordial than meat. It's no surprise that mea... HELEN FISHER I'm a thigh-meat dude. Thigh is just the best meat - I don't get chicken breast. I think it&... PATRICE O'NEAL The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for ... DAVID OGILVY Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act b... JOHN DELANEY I only eat meat if I go to a nice restaurant and there is an exceptional dish, or if I'm at some... BRYAN FULLER What has always puzzled me is the flexibility of God's word. For instance, Catholics can now eat... SIMON HOGGART I eat foods such as fish, chicken, fruit and vegetables while avoiding red meat, dairy and wheat. MARTINE MCCUTCHEON I eat excellent bread, clean meat, good crisp veggies, organic fruits and nice wine and cheese. It i... RACHAEL TAYLOR A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk. JAMES JOYCE If you're feeling frumpy or grumpy, try to eat Paleo. It's a way of eating that is sometimes... CHELAN SIMMONS This is intensely nutritious because you have all the different vegetables and you really don't need... ELIZABETH HISER A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat ple... GENE TUNNEY It is meat and drink to me. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I grew up on red meat and corn. But I don't eat like that anymore. TERRY FARRELL No matter how tough the meat may be, it's going to be tender if you slice it thin enough. GUY FIERI If you knew how meat was made, you'd probably lose your lunch. K. D. LANG
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