Meatless Monday
This concept was born in response to a report called “Healthy People” issued by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Nutritionists at John’s Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future wanted to get more specific upon the discovery that everyone is willing to give up meat for one day out of the week. Thus, the concept of “Meatless Monday” was born.
Research now shows that eating less meat can help reduce the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some cancers (breast, colorectal and prostate). This is all due to the reduction of saturated fat in your diet.
While many people have some meatless evening meals, it helps to make the practice part of a dietary routine and thus more ingrained. Be sure to follow through with the plan for the entire day by making your breakfast, lunch and snacks meatless, too.
Meatless Monday can be a fun and challenging way to improve your health and eating. Try new meatless recipes (we offer a collection of vegetarian and vegan recipes) with new seasonings and ingredients to discover and add more flavor sensations to your meals.
Make it a fun adventure!
PS. Some will claim that this also helps the environment. We here at Fitness and Freebies cannot buy into that theory because society has been eating meat since time began and that hasn’t hurt the environment one bit; however, we do heartily encourage a day of meatless eating for fun, variation and a means of introducing yourself to new foods, seasonings, etc. Because variety truly is the “spice of life”.
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