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.

God the sanctimonious, preachy vegans on this thread confirm all the stereotypes. Suspect they may be the same person under different names mind you.

The poster might just fancy meat while she's is breastfeeding, each to their own!

I dislike beans and lentils, so I'd be abit screwed if I had to eat a bucket load.

Just eaten a turkey bolognese, and throughly enjoyed it. Nobody is perfect, I'm sure all of the sanctimonious posters on this thread arent either! I personally think there are very few people who practise what they preach in it's entirety, and never contradict a single thing.

I knew as soon as I read the OP, this was going to get judgement.

I love animals. Love to cuddle and eat them 🤷‍♀️

I eat quite a lot - mostly chicken. I. Last couple of weeks as found out I am anemic and low iron. Just at the my priority is sorting that out and heme iron which is animal sourced is easier to absorb. Should be getting some iron tablets prescribed tomorrow.

Im not proud but am a walking example of a bad diet with processed foods and ready made soup (often vegetarian). Given the supermarket I can’t be the only one. you might think so from threads like these with large amounts of vegans and vegetarians, cooking from scratch and only eating high quality local meat. On this point I definitely don’t pass MN muster.

Ha ha yes!

I feel better when I eat meat. We’re all different. I did try years ago being a vegan. I’ve never felt so ill in my life.

I think meat from the local butchers, lots of eggs, full fat milk and unprocessed foods suit me the best and is a healthy diet.

There is actually a trend of people giving up veganism for health reasons. If you feel great as a vegan then good for you. We’re all different.
I hope most people are aware that all the ‘plant based’ meat substitutes are heavily processed. As are most of the almond milks with emulsifiers and rapeseed oil. Rude health is the only good one. Oat milk tends to be full of sugar. People think they’re being healthy yet unless they have a milk allergy full fat milk (the fat helps you absorb the victims) is best. Full fat milk has vitamin D, calcium, lots of protein. I buy organic from a local farm.

Real butter is better than vegetable spread (heavily processed).

I think if you are vegan because you don’t agree with eating animals then that’s absolutely fair enough. But I wouldn’t do it for health reasons. Especially if you end up eating more Ultra processed food.

I need as much red meat and dairy as I can get. I have a B12 deficiency.

Maybe the people who are cutting back on meat for climate/environmental reasons would like to buy a gun and shoot and eat a few of the deer round here. There are a ridiculous number of them, mainly Sika. They do a lot of damage and have no natural enemies to keep them in check.

I'm not cutting back but I would love to learn to hunt and butcher venison for the freezer. I love wild meat, it's delicious!

I eat meat everyday.

I’ve been vegan for 7 years. I’m a single parent but still raising my son to eat meat. He does eat a lot of vegan meals (likely made veggie because of dairy cheese) but this is out of convenience not because I want to push anything on him.

Despite being vegan for so long, I’m not really too educated on the climate effect of what consuming less meat does. I stopped consuming animals and animal products for the animals themselves - any other pro that comes with being vegan is a bonus.

Honestly, I batch cook, and we get one of the huge packs of mince/chicken, etc, so that there is enough meat in the portions. I honestly feel better when I eat it like another poster said, too. I do love a ton of vegetables too, but I'm definitely not either/or.

I'm also a healthy weight, well within BMI, low blood pressure, fit and healthy. I don't like how it's being touted out as being akin to eating a maccy's everyday!

I started on a new hardcore PT programme last September and have increased my protein intake since then. As such, I eat more meat than ever... chicken, ham, beef, tuna, salmon at least twice a day.

I definitely feel better for it and eat much less rapidly during the day but it makes for a bloody expensive food shop!

I was vegetarian for many, many years but switched the veganism in October last year and will be vegan until the day I die. I absolutely love his healthy and strong it makes me. I wish I'd done it years ago but I believed all the myths surrounding veganism and was too scared to do it.

85% of meat is factory farmed and it's absolutely horrific. The animals are abused and miserable their whole lives then killed in the most awful ways you could imagine, often taking several minutes to actually die. I just never want to play a part in that.

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No, won't be changing any habits. Probably eat more meat now than I did a few years ago.

85% of meat is factory farmed and it's absolutely horrific. The animals are abused and miserable their whole lives then killed in the most awful ways you could imagine, often taking several minutes to actually die. I just never want to play a part in that.

Easy to buy the 15% that isn't.

We eat meat 5 days a week and fish 2 days a week. I can’t see how me giving up my Tuesday night pork chop is going to affect the planet. The thought of going veggie (or even worse, vegan) makes me feel queasy.

After realising last year that we ate a lot of chicken we decided to cut our meat consumption down and (try to as it doesn't always happen!) have two veggie days a week.

Happens every time there is a thread about meat eating/veganism/vegetarianism. TBF you always get the silly smug sounding "I love a steak/sausage/burger me" every thread too.

Both ignoring what the OP has said/asked.

I love these threads, where people who know absolutely nothing about agriculture profess that farming is cruel, inhumane, damaging etc… without having the vaguest understanding or ever stepping foot on an actual working farm.

4 out of 7 days probably.

I can’t say i think about the climate or cost when deciding what to eat. We quite like veggie food and eat loads of beans/lentils but we do also like meat, a lot.

Today I’ve had eggy bread for breakfast and lentil daal for tea.

It's meaningless to give a number of days per week anyway. Everyday could easily be 700g or less, three days per week could be the same.

@SingleSexSafeSpace

It's absolutely not a misconception that we need plenty of protein. We absolutely do need protein. And on a personal level, I feel happier and healthier when having a diet consistency of huge amounts of protein. Some meat, and dairy, others plant/soy based.
I'm definitely not saying that you can only get protein from meat, but it's certainly a quick, easy way to pack enough in. And tasty too.

Also I find your vague cancer threats/jovially throwing cancer around in your disagreements with people, quite disturbing, and not a normal way to speak to.

We are eating the least we've ever eaten.
I've never been fussed about meat and prefer vegetarian food, but we're eating lots of vegetarian meals now primarily because of the cost of meat.
We can afford to buy it, but I'm not comfortable paying £12 for 2 nights worth of chicken.