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mucifer

(23,478 posts)
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:42 AM Nov 2021

American Heart Association is encouraging plant proteins:

Eat An Overall Healthy Dietary Pattern that Emphasizes:

A wide variety of fruits and vegetables
Whole grains and products made up mostly of whole grains
Healthy sources of protein (mostly plants such as legumes and nuts; fish and seafood; low-fat or nonfat dairy; and, if you eat meat and poultry, ensuring it is lean and unprocessed)
Liquid non-tropical vegetable oils
Minimally processed foods
Minimized intake of added sugars
Foods prepared with little or no salt
Limited or preferably no alcohol intake


https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/nutrition-basics/aha-diet-and-lifestyle-recommendations

To me as someone who hasn't eaten meat since 1982, this is a big breakthrough. Just the wording "if you eat meat and poultry". Wow. Things are changing.

Also, throwing in this clip from CBS Sunday Morning show yesterday about vegan thanksgiving:

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American Heart Association is encouraging plant proteins: (Original Post) mucifer Nov 2021 OP
That was a great clip from CBS. MoonchildCA Nov 2021 #1
This cheered me up jfz9580m Jan 2022 #2
That would be amazing... if we still have a planet mucifer Jan 2022 #3

jfz9580m

(14,529 posts)
2. This cheered me up
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 10:55 AM
Jan 2022

I just hope this happens:
Most meat in 2040 might not come from slaughtered animals.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/12/most-meat-in-2040-will-not-come-from-slaughtered-animals-report

And I hope such meat as is sourced to animals comes from farms where animals are raised/slaughtered humanely and not treated like inanimate objects (as is the case in factory farms with their battery cages and farrowing crates).

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