The Meaty Truth: Why Our Food Is Destroying Our Health and Environmentand Who Is Responsible

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TheMeaty Truthis 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, as well as 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 focussed 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 products are produced. This guide is easy to read, applicable to anyone's lifestyle, and impossible to put down.

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The Meaty Truth is very inspiring and I highly recommend. The book covers the impact of animal foods on everything from climate change to affecting our health and well-being of life on our planet. . . . This is such a huge problem that we are not recognizing at the moment. The Meaty Truth is filled with very good science and gives the message on how to contribute to a more peaceful, just, healthier, and sustainable planet. Deepak Chopra

A must-read for everyone who eats in America. Morgan Spurlock, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker of Super Size Me

Castle and Goodman offer hope and simple advice for how we can change our diets to reclaim our beautiful land, sea, and selves. Dr. Hope Ferdowsian, director of research policy, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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Shushana Castle is the coauthor of Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Cant Be Wrong. She draws on her more than twenty-five years of working in the global financial markets to raise and structure capital for the clean technology space. She has also produced numerous environmental and health documentaries. Shushana presides on several environmental boards and is a frequent public speaker. She received her masters degree in environmental management and water. Shushana lives in Texas and Colorado.

Amy-Lee Goodman is coauthor of the book Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Cant Be Wrong. She is the monthly wellness contributor to Vegan Lifestyle magazine, and her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, Mother Earth News, and The Huffington Post. Amy-Lee is receiving her J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she is a Rappaport Fellow in public policy. She is an honors graduate from Wellesley College and lives in Boston.