The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat

By Joseph Cooper,

Published April 5, 2016 at 1:00 PM EDT

04/05/16 - Tuesday’s Topical Currents: Despite many folks eating less meat—or professing to eat less—beef and pork sales have never been stronger. Though medical science agrees less meat should be eaten, the percentage of US vegetarians hasn’t changed much since the 1940s. We’ll visit with journalist Marta Zaraska, who’s written the book, MEATHOOKED: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat. That’s Tuesday at 1pm.

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