I've started watching the documentary "Fork over Knife". It's gotten me thinking. Over the past two months my diet has changed drastically thanks to my allergies. I'm still adjusting but I've made great strides. So now this movie has me thinking. I'm not planning on becoming a vegetarian, eggs are a great source of proteins for me and I can't see cutting out all meat. Still, my mind is whirling with ideas and thoughts. At the moment we eat very little meat and when we do it's lean,mostly chicken. The movie made me wonder how much meat over a span of time we eat though. According to this movie in the 1920's the average American ate 100 lbs of meat a year. Since then we've doubled that if not more! A 100 lbs. seems like a lot for a family. Doesn't it? For example this week my household of three will eat a grand total of 3.75 lbs of meat. (not bad!) Okay so at that amount over the next year we'll eat 195 lbs. Wow! That means that even two meat meals a week is almost double what the 1920's family ate. In order to reach their standards we'd have one meat meal using less that 2lbs of meat. Hmm. I wonder how those standards would effect our health, budget and overall life? What other 1920's food standards could we adopt? I may have to look into that.
I did a quick search and it seems that the 1920's was the start of the fake food era. Not good. So it's back to a search for whole food recipes..but I will keep the "less meat" concept in mind. I'm open to suggestions if you have any.
I did a quick search and it seems that the 1920's was the start of the fake food era. Not good. So it's back to a search for whole food recipes..but I will keep the "less meat" concept in mind. I'm open to suggestions if you have any.
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Hi - I just happened to see a link to this post while reading "Little Cottage in the Country"s blog. I have been a vegetarian for years, but not a healthy one. You can still eat a lot of fat and processed food on a vegetarian diet. But for almost a year now, I have been totally plant based, following the "FOK" recommendations - whole foods, no animal products, and no added fats to cooking. It took awhile for my tastes to adjust, but I'm amazed that I'm totally satisfied. I've also lost 50 lbs without hardly trying! BUT, I still believe everyone has to figure out what they can live with. I say all this to say, that the two cookbooks by Lindsay Nixon have been the best for ease and taste. I use them ALL the time. Check out her blog here, which lists both books, and has many recipes online. http://happyherbivore.com/
Even if you ate one or two dinners a week following these guidelines, you'd be closer to how we all ate prior to 1920. Good luck! Baby steps...
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