Meatless Mondays is a neat social campaign started by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that has caught in many U.S. towns and is now making its way around the world. I love this idea even though I'm no vegetarian because I see virtue in eating more vegetarian food.
For one, meats can be bad for our health. Regularly eating processed and red meats has been linked to chronic diseases. (Recently Harvard researchers published a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that shows an association between eating red meat and being more likely to develop diabetes.) Plus pound-for-pound, we get more antioxidant-type vitamins (like Vitamin A and C) from fruits and vegetables.
For one, meats can be bad for our health. Regularly eating processed and red meats has been linked to chronic diseases. (Recently Harvard researchers published a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that shows an association between eating red meat and being more likely to develop diabetes.) Plus pound-for-pound, we get more antioxidant-type vitamins (like Vitamin A and C) from fruits and vegetables.
Two, meat is usually more expensive, which means families can save money by preparing more vegetarian dishes. Three, it's easier to grow plants in a backyard or porch than it is to raise animals for consumption, meaning we all can be directly connected to what we eat if we eat plant-based foods.
Four, it takes less water, sun and even soil to grow plants versus raising animals for meat, which means it's better for the environment. Finally, if you're a restaurant, it could be better for business according to this NY Times article about Aspen's adoption of Meatless Mondays.
Four, it takes less water, sun and even soil to grow plants versus raising animals for meat, which means it's better for the environment. Finally, if you're a restaurant, it could be better for business according to this NY Times article about Aspen's adoption of Meatless Mondays.
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