Meat meals, how often?

The only animal protein that I eat is wild caught salmon and sardines (canned), organic, pasture raised eggs and plain, Greek yogurt.....I go for the full fat variety.
However I would eat and enjoy a red meat meal if I was a guest at someone's table.......but I haven't been in anybody else's home for a few years now.
 

David777 said:
How often do you eat meat and what type red mammal meat, bird meat, fish meat? I eat red mammal meat maybe twice a month, mostly on road trips, bird meat as in chicken or turkey maybe 3 or 4 times a week, and fish due to high costs maybe twice a month with farm bred tilapia the most recently.

New study shows nearly 80% of Gen Z shares this one dietary habit — and it’s growing in popularity

The research supports these choices. One study showed that if the biggest meat-eaters in the United Kingdom simply switched to low-meat diets, the overall impact would be equivalent to taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.

At least one group, however, seems to have little interest in flexitarian diets. Men aged 50 to 65, a group that makes up less than 12% of the total population, are responsible for half of the total beef consumption in the United States — a choice that has devastating consequences for their health and the health of our planet.

When I was in my late 40s, I worked for a giant tech corp that had on all campuses, fancy food cafeteria services. For five years at frequent group lunches ate a fair amount of red meat each day. Began to have arthritis in my finger knuckles. As soon as I left that company and went back to my more common vegetable oriented meals, my finger arthritis stopped worsening and has remained about the same for over nearly 2 decades.
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I would answer but I can't see your post with this forums background I use. I know I am not the only one.
 

hollydolly said:
Never really thought about it much... but on reflection red meat once a week.. chicken and fish for about 5 days in various meals...always there's a day when I don't eat meat at all.. ..I suffer from OA in my fingers and now in my knees..
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Is there a link between osteoarthritis and diet? Like certain foods can be detrimental? We eat red meat once or twice a week, but hardly ever as a single piece of meat like a steak. Instead the meat is ground down and minced for recipes like Bolognese and meatballs. We have a fresh trout with sweetcorn, rice and almonds once a week, a veggie meal twice a week and poultry as and when.
 
I rarely eat beef. I may have a Wendy's or Burger King hamburger three times a year. I am a lazy cook so the fish is usually fish sticks, maybe once a week or even less often. The exception was when my son was bringing me fish "sandwiches" which consisted of four pieces of bread and 9 pieces of whiting! I also ordered fish and chips when I went to two restaurants within the last couple of months. I've just gotten into making crab cakes using imitation crab meat. They are so good that I could have them one at least once or twice a week, but they are messy to make, so that wouldn't be a consistent time table.

I bought 10 frozen turkey burgers several months ago...still have one left. I also bought chicken legs and thighs, several months ago. Haven't cooked them yet (they're in the freezer of course). I use one turkey burger, chopped up when I make chili in my little crock pot. That may be once a month. It wouldn't be hard for me to transition to being a pescatarian.
 
The only meat I buy is pork - chops. I'm not sure how often I eat it though. I'm guessing maybe every couple of weeks, maybe longer than that.
Bacon and sausages. But again no idea how often. (Nothing like bacon or sausage butties or toasties 😋)
If I go for a meal out, depending what I fancy at the time it would be either lamb or beef.

I tend to eat fish more than meat - salmon or tuna.
 
This 8:48 minute Kurzgesagt video is rather blunt with another facet of how we modern era humans are living without thinking wisely.

Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World

 
Today before noon will be driving 55 miles north to the touristy north shore of San Francisco. Yesterday had a packaged iceberg salad for lunch that I added cherry tomatoes to with blue cheese dressing and then a russet potato for dinner. So no meat. But today am likely to buy from an SF Safeway deli a small bowl of creamy thick broccoli cheese soup plus a couple chicken tenders.
 
David777 said:
This 8:48 minute Kurzgesagt video is rather blunt with another facet of how we modern era humans are living without thinking wisely.

Why Meat is the Best Worst Thing in the World

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Ugh. Fake meat, which has been treated with all kinds of junk. Or we all should be vegetarians. Or eat bugs. No thanks.
 
Red meat bothers my stomach so maybe once or twice a year, turkey, chicken or fish a few times a month. I eat mostly meat free meals primarily because I'm too lazy to cook the meat.
 
David777 said:
One study showed that if the biggest meat-eaters in the United Kingdom simply switched to low-meat diets, the overall impact would be equivalent to taking 8 million gas-powered cars off the road.
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It's one of the simplest ways to improve the environment. I read "Diet for A Small Planet," fifty years ago and never forgot it.

I have a peanut butter sandwich and an apple for lunch every day, dinners usually are Monday spaghetti and meatless sauce with mushrooms., Tuesday a vegetarian dish of zucchini black beans and rice, Wednesday cheese pizza and salad, Thursday salmon baked potato and broccoli, Friday chicken mashed potatoes green beans, Saturday tofu hotdogs cole slaw, Sunday bean burritos.

My son is vegan and has me feeling really bad about the milk I drink with cookies in the evening :cry:
 
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Every day, just about. I'm allergic to grains altho slightly less so to dairy.

And people should do research on PETA. It may not be the benevolent organization you think it is. There have been several exposes on it. One is: "Why PETA Kills" by Nathan Winograd. As one book reviewer said on Amazon, "...It [PETA] has a near one hundred percent kill rate for "rescued" animals, many or most of them completely healthy, because its founder actually believes all animals are better of dead than living as pets. She does not believe--and is open about it--that animals have an intrinsic right to life. She opposes no-kill shelters, and advocates for the killing of ALL pit bulls in the United States. "

The Atlantic monthly looked into Winograd's stance and verified that PETA has refused to answer questions about why its kill rate is consistently so much higher than local shelters, especially for animals judged "adoptable" by outside vets and animal professionals (this link may be subscriber only, sorry: PETA's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad History of Killing Animals).

There is nothing wrong with vegetarianism or veganism, but it is more difficult to eat a balanced diet, and especially as one ages - the ability to absorb nutrients from food declines naturally.
 
Della said:
It's one of the simplest ways to improve the environment. I read "Diet for A Small Planet," fifty years ago and never forgot it.
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I lived with that as my basic cookbook for years.

Lethe200 said:
There is nothing wrong with vegetarianism or veganism, but it is more difficult to eat a balanced diet, and especially as one ages - the ability to absorb nutrients from food declines naturally.
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Good point. \\\\\\\\
 
I am not a red meat eater as a rule, although a few times a year I will buy pork, ground beef or stew beef. My main protein sources are poultry and dairy and even then, only a few times a week. I think I'm the 'carb queen'.
 
Red meat is top of the list for causing inflammation according to the Johns Hopkins website. Translation: not good for arthritis. There are other things on the list such as sugary baked goods, pasta, and bread. I’ll stick to fish, vegetables and fruit since I have some arthritis in various places.
 
Lethe200 said:
And people should do research on PETA.
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Oh yes, I'm not a Peta fan they just had their logo on the cow picture I liked. I removed it.
Lethe200 said:
There is nothing wrong with vegetarianism or veganism, but it is more difficult to eat a balanced diet, and especially as one ages - the ability to absorb nutrients from food declines naturally.
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Yes. but giving yourself colon cancer with lots of red meat or breast cancer with lots of milk are hard ways to balance your diet.

The square meal idea we grew up hearing about, with meat, milk, vegetables and grain, really isn't correct and was devised by the dairy industry.
 
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Pretty much every dang day. Beef, chicken, pork, fish, shellfish. Had shrimp last night. About the only time we don’t is when we have a pasta with marinara or with cheese sauce.
 
@Lethe200 I used to support PETA. No more! not since earlier 2000s. I don't like Farm Sanctuary either. I went to several events at their Northern California shelter. Met some nice people. And some not so nice. I do not like that co-founder. The animals were wonderful though.

A lot of people have turned away from PETA. I do like their original cookbook though and still have it.
 

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