The meaty truth
Subtitle: why our food is destroying our health and environment--and who is responsible
By: Shushana  Castle, Amy-Lee Goodman ; foreword by Dr. Neal Barnard
Contributors: Goodman, Amy-Lee, 1987- author
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781629144276
Subjects: Factory farms; Safety measures; Food adulteration and inspection; Food; Meat industry and trade; Food of animal origin; Contamination; Standards; Health aspects; Quality
Description: "The Meaty Truth is an eye-opening look at the massive problems caused by the American population's food supply. Water, meat, and milk and other dairy products are filled with toxins, antibiotics, untested growth hormones, ammonia, and animal pus and manure. The current conditions of the food production industry must drastically improve, and until they do, it is absolutely vital to monitor what you eat. Castle and Goodman take a hard-hitting look at what America is putting into its food, the negative effects this has on the world, and the best ways to make healthy, informed decisions about eating. As the antibiotic age ends, the rise of pandemic diseases is approaching. Approximately half of the illnesses that claim American lives today are related to what we eat, and our health-care system is focused on treating the sick, not preventing illnesses from occurring. To fix our health problems, to continue feeding the world's ever-growing population, and to save our planet from ecological destruction, we can no longer avoid making changes to how American meat and dairy are produced. This guide is easy to read, applicable to anyone's lifestyle, and impossible to put down. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Serving a side of truth; title: The disaster of our plates; title: America the beautiful : from cesspool to shining cesspool; title: Seriously? You're still sick?; title: Scary sh!t; title: A hamburger seasoned with feces, please!; title: The all-American meal : eating sh!t and drinking pus; title: The united corporation of America; title: The real cost of "cheap" food; title: This sh!t ain't working; title: Cut the crap, change the world; title: The meaty truth recipes; title: Recommeded resources for a healthy, happy life.