Today I am back to trying to eat healthy.

I think most all health officials in the US and around the world would say that eating meat the way that most people do in the US is unhealthy. Eating red meat three times a day with no sauce will still likely lead to some sort of heart disease. So no, I don’t that is true. Moderation is the key and we have gone way overboard with the ways we eat meat almost every meal here in the US.

Not everything that God told us we could do is always best for us though for sure. We have to use discretion in all that we do and that includes the things we put into our mouth’s on a daily basis.

“Position Statement: It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned *vegetarian* diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the *prevention* and *treatment* of certain diseases.”

While moderation is better than excess, in the case of meat, none is best.

“Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Vegetarian diets offer a number of nutritional benefits, including lower levels of saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein as well as higher levels of carbohydrates, fiber, magnesium, potassium, folate, and antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and phytochemicals. Vegetarians have been reported to have lower body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well as lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; vegetarians also show lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer.”

http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/advocacy_933_ENU_HTML.htm

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With Love,
Steve Holt

http://www.positivelyfeminine.org