How much meat do you eat?

[lanya]

Recently I've noticed in my circles that pretty much everyone is cutting back on meat due to environmental/ climate reasons.

Most people I know aren't vegetarian, but are more aware/ more careful about the amount they eat, e.g. only once or twice per week.

I am wondering whether this is the case generally across the UK, or if most people are carrying on as normal?

YABU: We are eating the same amount of meat as we always have.
YANBU: We have reduced our meat intake over the last few years for climate reasons.

Disclaimer: This isn't any kind of brag or meant to be condescending - I'm just curious.

Are these the people avoiding red meat though? I don't get how mostly pasture raised British or Irish beef is unhealthy but sick chicken that can barely stand is healthy!

@Cloudhopping you could try healthy yoghurts after meals (or in them), free range eggs, milk in sauces, the healthier cheeses? How do you get on with Quorn, peas, nut butters and/or baked beans?

I'm OK with beans and pulses (love them) but when I have tried some plant-based meat alternatives, it makes me very windy and uncomfortable.

I've been vegetarian since 1984, so none since then! I brought my DDs up as vegetarian, one is now vegan and the other pescatarian, so no meat eaten by any of the three of us.

My relative ran a farm. She’s now vegan, couldn’t equate the fact that the animals had personalities, feelings, and formed relationships with a business that required harming and killing those sentient individuals.