After a month without meat I must say that I feel great. Meals are easy to digest, my energy levels are stable and I'm not suffering from any protein or iron deficiency, which are often the first concerns of some of the harder to convince meat-eaters (I have been one myself for the last 32 years). Possibly because I'm now more concious of what's on my plate, I'm eating a greater variety of fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds and this more than compensates for anything I'm lacking from meat. I can also still do all my running, swimming and other stuff, seemingly a little easier, in part because I've also dropped a little excess weight along the way. I almost never eat processed food, and find myself far less interested in alcohol, greasy food, or overcooked food. Even a bacon sandwich doesn't sound as exciting as it used to. And no, it doesn't make food, or me, boring. A plant-based diet can be much more varied and tasty than one that revolves around meat, and by not overloading my body with food or drink that slows me down and challenges my immune system (apparently cooked and processed food is treated as a threat to the body before it is digested), I have plenty of energy to do anything I want. So, I've decided that I like being a vegetarian and will remain so. I may even go vegan as I don't eat many eggs or dairy products anyway these days and it wouldn't be that a big leap.
Here are a some more interesting links -
PLANT-BASED NUTRITION
VEGANISM AND ENDURANCE SPORT
INDUSTRIAL SCALE LIVESTOCK FARMING
Food is one big step in the right direction, for me, and if enough of us are doing it, for the planet. There are however, many other steps to take along the road to responsible living. Some of you may remember a boat I started to build a while ago, from used plastic water bottles and aluminium drinks cans. It was going well but then I had a few other priorities to address and it's slipped down the list a bit, but I will come back to it when the time is right. What hasn't changed though, is my dislike for waste. I'll come back to this in another post, but alongside 'doing the recycling', I'm attempting to reduce my consumption of single-use (non-food) items to as close to zero as possible (anyone recommend a good filter for the tap water in Lanzarote?), and avoid having too many chemical products around the house.
An interesting film about BOTTLED WATER
Thought provoking and inspirational story about WASTE
Here are a some more interesting links -
PLANT-BASED NUTRITION
VEGANISM AND ENDURANCE SPORT
INDUSTRIAL SCALE LIVESTOCK FARMING
Food is one big step in the right direction, for me, and if enough of us are doing it, for the planet. There are however, many other steps to take along the road to responsible living. Some of you may remember a boat I started to build a while ago, from used plastic water bottles and aluminium drinks cans. It was going well but then I had a few other priorities to address and it's slipped down the list a bit, but I will come back to it when the time is right. What hasn't changed though, is my dislike for waste. I'll come back to this in another post, but alongside 'doing the recycling', I'm attempting to reduce my consumption of single-use (non-food) items to as close to zero as possible (anyone recommend a good filter for the tap water in Lanzarote?), and avoid having too many chemical products around the house.
An interesting film about BOTTLED WATER
Thought provoking and inspirational story about WASTE
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