I was a vegetarian for a little over a year once upon a time. Felt great, looked good, and was pretty darn healthy. The biggest challenge for me was boredom -- finding interesting vegan recipes was a challenge. Ultimately I succumbed to the temptation of meat, though I eat it fairly sparingly nowadays. A good step in the right direction is a look at asian diets; a portion of meat that feeds one American typically feeds an entire family in asia, and your typical asian diet is a lot healthier than your typical American diet, IMO. I admire people who can stick to a veggie diet long term, especially those that eat healthy -- not all vegetarians eat healthy. I have Inidan friends who go way overboard on french fries and potato chips for example... --- Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:
This is perhaps a risky topic to take on in Utah, and has little to do with astronomy, but what the hey. Patrick's not the only vegetarian in the group. Although I do eat dairy products, I haven't eaten meat or fish in many years. Without getting preachy about some aspects of it, it's pretty safe to say that the level of antibiotics and growth hormones in meat have skyrocketed over the last decades. If you don't want those things in your body, lowering or eliminating meat intake helps a lot.
As Chuck said, a calorie is a calorie. If your caloric intake is reasonably constant, I don't know that meat or veggie is going to make much difference in how hot you feel. Could just be the Mad Cow disease...
MC
Is it better to cut down on meat in the summer? I don't like very much meat in the hot summer months. I've heard meat creates heat in the body. Is this true? I'm by no means a vegan but believe eating meat in smaller amounts is better for the digestive tract.
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