how many times a week does your evening meal contain meat? - Page 3

[seaheroine]

I'd say three or four and, like the pp mentioned, it isn't usually in large quantities. Maybe chicken breasts one night but others it is more like a condiment, like a bit of sausage in lentils.

We do eat a lot of beans, though. MMMM.

[hibana]

We eat dead animal of some sort 2-4x a week. I'm trying to work in more fish, as I seem to do better with that than with red meat. :

And I think it's unfair to say that everyone has the same nutritional requirements. We're different in other ways, why not that?

[BedHead]

I'd say an average of 6 nights a week.

[WC_hapamama]

Originally Posted by Alyantavid

7. Its not always huge amounts, like last night we just had salads with some ham.

Ditto that here. We're kind of limited on non-meat protein sources due to food allergies, so there's almost always some meat in our evening meals.

[mrs joe bubby]

Originally Posted by craft_media_hero

I never had any health issues as a vegan. Nope, fit as a fiddle! BUT I always drank a ton of soy milk (and I don't follow the soy is bad thing; I just don't believe it, I think it's a wonderful gift from the planet) which supplements the b12/protein.

I am lacto-ovo now for convenience and coz my family LOVES eggs and cheese. Left to my own devices, I definitely drift into the vegan/raw spectrum. I just feel like I thrive that way! L/O is so much easier when planning for a family with varying needs/tastes tho.

I understand that different people have different dietary needs, though, and so I don't flame meat-eaters (okay, that one time when DP ordered veal. I just could not NOT say something . . . .)

BUT, I don't think that there's anything inherently unhealthy with a well-planned vegan diet. That's the key, with veganism, you really have to be VERY mindful (it can be a PITA), and for some veg folk, that's just not possible---this is usually when symptoms of ill health start to show.

Not to hijack this into a meat vs. veg thread, that's not productive for anyone. There are plenty more healthy vegans than sad anemic ones, tho, IME

: My evening meal contains meats zero nights a week. Lack of protein is not an issue, never has been. Honestly I get plenty. No health problems here. Some of us can't function on eating animals.

[readytobedone]

probably about 5 or 6, and a couple of those are fish.