http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101031020/index.html

They practically recommend a lacto-veg diet at one point in the feature article. We're getting closer and closer. At one point it was mentioned that meat doesn't have to be in every meal, but as more of a treat! (LOL, like meat is some kind of treat to the animals people eat)

However,

BRAIN FOOD
Meat has been a precious food commodity and a great source of complete protein, vitamins and other nutrients since prehistoric times. In fact, many anthropologists think meat may have played a key role in the evolution of our species. And although vegetarianism has become increasingly popular in recent years, meat of some variety is still at the center of the American plate.

Took the protein myth to task something fierce, though. (yay!)

OVERPROTEINED
Our ancient ancestors hunted for their meat and expended a lot of energy chasing it down. Today our animal protein is raised on feedlots and in cages and delivered in great abundance nearly to our door. We eat roughly twice as much protein as we need, according to some estimates, risking injury to our kidneys and livers. Many cuts of meat—red meat in particular—are high in the saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease. Some studies suggest that eating meat may predispose us to cancer.

I can see it now:

A - "Where do you get your protein?"

B - "Where do you get your news?" :D

One of the big flaws is that the articles don't go into vegetarianism nearly enough, or even discussing soy products alongside meat as a valid protein option (I can understand a lapse on seitan, though, considering how unusual that still is for most people).

i really liked the article. anything that tells the average american to eat less meat and more veggie is a good thing. I don't think most people will accept a vegetarian diet but I think the world would be a better place if a lot less meat was consumed.

Since we can't get Time in my area I've only been able to read it at the library (they get it from the city) or read it in the waiting room (their in direct center of the city like across the road from Parliament House) but I read a like 10 page article all about vegetarianism and everything it was great they said how healthy it was and stuff. This was I think sometime last year though.

Since we can't get Time in my area I've only been able to read it at the library (they get it from the city) or read it in the waiting room (their in direct center of the city like across the road from Parliament House) but I read a like 10 page article all about vegetarianism and everything it was great they said how healthy it was and stuff. This was I think sometime last year though.

Actually, it was as recent as July. There's a link to that issue at the current link, since it's a related subject.

Although it didn't go into vegetarianism in depth, I still think it's a good article. :up:

You mean, eating more fruits and veggies is healthy? Cutting out overly-processed foods like pop-tarts and white pasta is healthy? Red meat isn't good for you?Potatoes AREN'T evil? I had no idea...

i really liked the article. anything that tells the average american to eat less meat and more veggie is a good thing. I don't think most people will accept a vegetarian diet but I think the world would be a better place if a lot less meat was consumed.

I like to say that if everyone in this country that eats meat cuts their consumption in half (which seems more or less plausible), that would be better than if 20% of the population suddenly went vegetarian (seems like a huge number right now).

I like to say that if everyone in this country that eats meat cuts their consumption in half (which seems more or less plausible), that would be better than if 20% of the population suddenly went vegetarian (seems like a huge number right now).
As I stated in another thread, I like if more people cut their intake of meat because it´s more realistic than a large group going veg*an out of a sudden. But in your example, I would say 20 % going veg*an out of a sudden would be much better than half cutting 50 % of their meat intake, the impact on society would be greater.

Yes. Although 50% cutting their meat intake by half would likely cut down the numbers of animals slaughtered more than 20% going veg, I think 20% going veg would be huge in long-term progress!

A little bit off topic, it bums me out to no end when I see literally 90 copies of the Atkins diet book on the main display table at bookstores and you have to hunt down the obscure veg section in the store. In addition, there is maybe one copy of an AW / AR book in the "Pets" section and no others in stock. I don't know who (the meat industry?) is behind the marketing of the Atkins diet books, but AW / AR desparately needs a heavily marketed book to slam and contradict Atkins and bring out the truth on how unhealthy it is.

Um, yeah, I was merely discussing actual numbers.

Also, a cultural shift toward eating less meat is probably the closest next step toward cultural vegetarianism. I know you're not going to 20% of the US population to go veg overnight.