to stop eating meat?

[marvelousdcomics]

I read an article today and it said children today may live to see the end of humanity. This is due to climate change which is destroying the planet. One of the main causes of this is cattle farming and meat production. I feel very sad about this, and passionate that I have to do something.

I also have a very high risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart problems and breast cancer and meat consumption contributes towards these things.

Also, I do love animals. I recently watched the Earthlings documentary and it was very eye opening.

Dd(14) is a dairy free pescetarian. Ds(12) only likes chicken and ds(10) has only had meat a few times as a baby and he hated it, so is also a dairy free pescetarian. Dh, however, is a heavy meat eater, eating it about 2-3 times a DAY. He is quite overweight, I am a healthy weight but lean towards upper end (as do the kids). Dh thinks it's ridiculous to stop eating meat, as climate change etc 'wont affect us'. Another thing putting me off is I have hyperglycemia, and to change my diet this way would increase my carb intake which would probably raise my blood sugar level. Is this right?
I also do loads of sports and have a lot of muscle. Would a veggie/pesce diet result in muscle loss?

Would IBU to stop eating meat even if dh is against it? And would it affect my blood sugar negatively? Would my muscle mass be affected?

[MaidOfStars]

I am vegetarian from an environmental position. I don't have particularly strong feelings about killing and eating other animals. I'm more in favour of reducing consumption for all.

I do lots of sport and am building muscle through heavy lifting. It's reasonably easy to get enough protein, especially if you eat dairy (Greek yogurt and cottage cheese are my saviours).

[MaidOfStars]

(And eggs, of course)

[Esmereldada]

Op tbh vegetarian with no dairy products might be a bit of a stretch to begin with.

Why not start with a couple of meat free days then work up from there?

No point setting yourself up to fail xx

[Leanin15yearsmaybe]

Protein doesn't have a massive effect on BGL's, it's the carbs you need to consider. As long as you are not swapping meat for a shitton of pasta/rice etc it is totally possible to balance a vegetarian diet with maintaining healthy BGL's.

We have a Sunday roast but the rest of the week are veggie, purely as the dc's only like roast chicken and, although I could live on meat (lamb shanks in mint gravy!!) every meal, I cba to cook a separate meal for me!

[Breadandwine]

I also have a very high risk of type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart problems and breast cancer and meat consumption contributes towards these things.

In that case, OP, the very best thing you can do would be to give up meat and meat products - as would we all.

nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die/

Don't worry about losing muscle - Novak Djokovic is a vegan.