On: Cereal Grains: Humanity’s Double-Edged Sword (1999) [pdf]

[jshen]

It depends on how you define meat. I'm a vegetarian, and it doesn't seem to be hard to get enough zinc without eating beef, chicken, etc.

http://bembu.com/foods-high-in-zinc

Eat some shrimp, spinach, peanuts, etc and you should be good. I've been test a number of times and haven't had a problem with zinc.

[sliverstorm → jshen]

Eat some shrimp

Sure, if you're a vegetarian who eats seafood, it's easy.

[jshen → sliverstorm]

From an environmental perspective, seafood is far better than beef.