Meat Myth

Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat by science writer Marta Zaraska does a great job of exposing the myth that meat is necessary to keep us healthy. It’s all well and good to cut down on eating animals, but aren’t our bodies designed to require meat ‬ in our diets? Anthropologist Barbara J. King takes a look at a new book saying the answer is “no.” Meat is not necessary to make us healthy.