Why Animal-Derived Foods Have Been, Are and Will Be Essential for Human Nutrition

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, legal regulations which have the aim of putting an end to small food producers, who are drowning in restrictions of all kinds, are being passed, while large operators in the food sector (which are, in some cases, merged with big pharma) are monopolizing the global food production market. Through these regulations, meat consumption is demonized, fishing capacity is limited or directly prohibited, the dairy sector is accused of being a major contributor to climate change and the consumption of artificial substitutes for meat and fish is encouraged among the population. Likewise, messages promoting the consumption of plant-based or artificial substitutes are being disseminated by the general media.

This monographic issue calls for papers that study the benefits of animal-derived foods in the future in a balanced diet. Therefore, all studies (whether they are clinical trials, in vitro tests, tests with experimental animals, reviews, meta-analyses or epidemiological studies) that test the need for foods of animal origin in the context of human nutrition are welcome.

Research articles and reviews about the following topics are of special interest to this Special Issue:

-Studies testing the beneficial effects of meat, seafood and dairy composition.

-Animal-origin food production and environmental, economic and social benefits.

-The psychosocial benefits of a balanced diet.

-Controversies regarding the production of artificial protein derivatives.

-Studies comparing the health effects of animal-derived foods versus vegan diets.

Prof. Dr. Jose M. Miranda
Guest Editor

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• meat
• fish
• shellfish
• dairy foods
• eggs
• vegan risks
• artificial meat
• non-conventional protein sources
• health risks
• emotional health