Go Vegetarian - Save the World?

We recently spent some time with some Vegans. They were morally opposed to eating animal products of any sort. It is Lent which is a time when Catholics don't eat meat on Fridays and perhaps other days. Another fellow who is extremely concerned about the environment claims eating less beef will save the Earth's ecosystem. A financial adviser says eating less meat will save us money. From our point of view we see that meat has high levels of cholesterol and saturated fat which are bad for your health and weight.

With all these very different people and their very different arguments telling us we need to write about eating less meat we agreed to think about it. It didn't take much thought to concur. Regular Diet Inn readers know we advocate diversity in diet. Generally speaking too much or too little of any particular thing can be problematic.

Portions of meat served in restaurants are too large, often obscenely large. Three ounces of meat is a good amount. That is a piece of meat the size of a deck of playing cards. It is smaller than those quarter pounders at the fast food joints. One way of reducing your meat consumption is to serve smaller portions.

Meat has lots of nutrients; there are no better sources of protein. While we don't advocate totally giving up meat vegetarianism does work for some people. It is harder to ensure you have a good, balanced, nutritious diet. If you totally give up meat please fully research your nutrition needs and how your new diet will satisfy them.

We suggest adopting a vegetarian diet 1 day a week. We also suggest giving up meat at least 6 breakfasts a week and consuming minimal meat at lunchtime. Most people should eat at least 2 servings of fish weekly to get the minimum helpful amount of omega-3. Poultry is inexpensive and has less saturated fat than red meat especially if you remove the skin. We pencil in two poultry dinners a week. If you eat 1 beef or pork, 2 poultry, 2 fish and 1 veggie dinner a week that leaves one other meal free for whatever you like best.

Follow the above advice and you will not only eat much less beef than the average American but will have more variety and a healthier diet.

bon appetit!
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