Eating only the muscle meat of animals is a recent dietary trend–and it’s confined to industrialized nations. Nose-to-tail eating means not only consuming the muscle but every other edible part of an animal. Nose-to-tail eating: leaves nothing to waste maximizes nutrition respects the sources of our food Nose-to-tail eating is traditional eating. And therefore it constitutes a dietary revival. Its flag bearers are curious chefs, artisan butchers, and carnivore dieters.