Since the day you started eating solid foods, you probably started eating meat as well. You also probably learned about the food pyramid or food plate diagram in school, representative of what a healthy, balanced diet should look like— both of which include meat.
If we have been eating meat and animal products for as long as we can remember, why stop now?
Though the notion of switching to a plant-based or vegan diet has been seen as “trendy,” there is truth behind the trend. As of recently, the World Health Organization has classified bacon and sausage as carcinogenic to humans. In fact, one serving of any processed meat per day increases risk of developing diabetes by 51%. According to Dr. Michael Greger’s book, “Dead Meat Bacteria Endotoxin,” the moment you consume meat, your arteries immediately experience inflammation, stiffening, and paralyzation.
Not only meat, but other animal products that have been a part of the American Standard Diet have demonstrated to be unhealthy as well. For an example, as stated in the documentary What The Health, eating one egg per day does as much damage to your life expectancy as smoking five cigarettes per day!
The documentary What The Health? on Netflix is a great place to start. From “the help of medical doctors, researchers, and consumer advocates, What the Health claims to expose what they refer to as the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick” (https://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/about).
Whether you are a meat eater or not, the options for diet are forever being challenged and expanded. Below is one of my tried-and-true, favorite plant-based recipes that even die-hard meat eaters can enjoy and love! Eat it as is, or feel free to add cheese or meat to it.
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sources:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/meatless-meals/art-20048193
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