Second Nature

The Beef with Beef: How It’s Affecting Our Bodies and the Planet


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We’re eating way too much meat. An unsustainable, unhealthy amount of meat. If you’re looking for one way to drastically improve your health and carbon footprint — plant-based eating is it. But even if you’re not going fully plant-based, reducing your meat intake is a huge step in the right direction. 

In this episode, we hear how our community has noticed a difference in their health since eating more plant-based, how much of an emissions impact we can make by eating fewer hamburgers, and we’re talking to Professor and Nutrition Scientist Christopher Gardner about exactly how meat impacts our bodies. 


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Episode Credits

  • Listener contributions: Diana Holguin, Drew Crabtree, Elisabeth, Miriam Jornet, Will, Willa Stoutenbeek, Brian Stancheski
  • Editing and engineer: Evan Goodchild‍
  • Hosting and production: Katelan Cunningham
  • (00:00) - Tempo: 120.0
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