The Bite:
Try for a happy medium - go meatless at least once a week for ginormous environmental and health benefits, without compromising your taste for the occasional sustainably raised burger.
Don't wanna give up meat altogether?
01.07.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 1:45am.
The Benefits:
- More-than-middling health payoffs. Compared to meat eaters, vegetarians have lower rates of diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, and obesity.
- Coming together for the planet. Livestock accounts for 18% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and 8% of water use - and a meatless diet is 50% more effective at cutting CO2 than switching from a standard car to a hybrid.
Personally Speaking:
While Jen's been a pescatarian (she eats fish occasionally, but no meat) for years, she's decided to let Cricket eat what she likes - meaning more sustainable meat options.
Wanna Try:
- Try cutting out meat one day a week. Meat substitutes and eco-focused cookbooks make it easier.
- 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian - facts to help you stick with it ($3).
Cocktail Fact
About 3% of American adults are vegetarian vs. about 30% of Indian adults.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters switch from red meat to a vegetarian diet (no - that doesn't mean just salads) one day per week, in a year we'll avert the emissions produced by driving a car around the equator 464 times.
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