Study finds nearly 70% of grocery shoppers reduced red meat consumption, primarily citing health (64%) and price (32%) as the reasons; health (85%) and taste (84%) were rated as the most important considerations when purchasing meat overall

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US grass-fed beef is as carbon intensive as industrial beef and ≈10-fold more intensive than common protein-dense alternatives | PNAS

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The meat consumed in U.S. cities creates the equivalent of 363 million tons (329 million metric tons) of carbon emissions per year 🌍💨. That's more than the entire annual carbon emissions from the U.K. of 336 million tons (305 million metric tons) 🇬🇧.

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**Researchers surveyed right-wing supporters to see if their ideologies influenced meat 🍖, dairy 🥛, egg 🥚, and fish 🐟 consumption. The right-wing ideologies of Social Dominance and Authoritarianism were found to increase their support of these animal products and their aversion to vegetarianism 🥗 and veganism 🌱.**

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Higher intakes of total, processed, and unprocessed red meat were associated with a 49%, 47%, and 24% increased risk of diabetes, respectively, study of 34,737 adults finds

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New PNAS Analysis (5/4/2026) 1.6 mil year old butchery site in Kenya shows early Homo had primary access to fleshed carcasses and systematically extracted marrow, with same pattern up to 2 mil years old. The authors argue intensive meat consumption established before Homo erectus appeared.

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• 🥩 Framing meat consumption criticism around cooking skills, rather than moral failing, significantly reduces defensiveness in meat-eaters, according to research by Isaac Chung.

• 📬 Private criticism of meat consumption from strangers, surprisingly, provokes more defensiveness and retaliatory intentions than public comments, as found in experiments.

• ⚖️ While moral critiques can backfire and increase defensiveness, they may motivate behavior change when they don't feel like an attack on character, suggesting a nuanced approach to encouraging dietary shifts.

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