Science & Politics of Red Meat

In this video, Nina Teicholz, a bestselling author and science journalist, explains the confluence of forces that, over time, have come to vilify red meat — and how these forces are shaping dietary guidelines.

Humans have been surviving on red meat for many millenia. Yet in recent decades, anti-meat fervor has heightened, with claims that meat is destroying our health and the planet.

Teicholz explains the interests and forces that have come together to promote this narrative as well as the tactics these interests employ to silence science to the contrary. She elucidates the various roles of the players who are working to promote the anti-meat narrative, including Harvard scientists, vegan advocacy groups, powerful vegan diet doctors, Big Food and Big Pharma, the new highly-valued meat-replacement companies, animal rights activists, and even the 7th Day Adventist Church.

This is the story of the politics of red meat, which, far more than the actual science, is driving the conversation.

In this video, Nina sparks an important discussion around the vested interests and ideologies that are shaping our 'plant-biased' dietary and health guidelines.