Now more than ever it seems like a good time to initiate Meatless Mondays. I only call it that because it is catchy and an easy way to remember this handy little economy/environment helping tip: For one day, eat no meat. For one meal, eat no meat. See it’s zipadeedoo easy. And yet? It helps in so many ways.
It is not just that the production of meat is terribly energy inefficient, sucking up vast amounts of resources, with it typically taking up to five to seven pounds of grain to produce just one pound of pork. It is about double that for one pound of beef. Grain production is in decline due to the rise in ethenol production now too. This in turn is making our world’s food supply diminish. John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution, estimates that “you’d save more water by not eating a pound of California beef than you would by not showering for an entire year.”
Think of this as well. Eat less meat for just one day or one meal (no need to go vegan or vegetarian if that is not your thing) and you…
1. You could lose a few pounds and lower your cholesterol when you eliminate some meat from your diet. Particularly red meat.
2. Save money in your precious and ever escalating weekly food budget.
3. You help save valuable energy and water.
4. Produce less waste and lessen your carbon footprint.
5. Reduce your risk for cancer. By taking away some of the carcinogens that meat adds to your diet you reduce the cancer factor in your life.
For ideas, recipes and more general eat less meat/help the earth knowledge visit here. If anything, your colon will thank you.
