Have a Healthy Meatless Meal Everyday

The evidence keeps mounting that a diet built around whole-plant food is superior to a meat-based diet. Meat is high in fat and cholesterol. It also lacks the fiber found in grown foods. In populations around the world, vegetarians have better health, are thinner, and live longer.

Meatless Health Advantages

People who don’t eat animal products have:

• Greater longevity
• Fewer heart attacks and stokes
• Fewer weight problems
• Lower cholesterol
• Lower blood pressure
• Less diabetes
• Fewer hemorrhoids, less diverticular disease and good regularity
• Less cancer of the breast, prostrate and colon
• Stronger bones, less osteoporosis
• Fewer stones of the kidney and gallbladder, less kidney disease, and less gouty arthritis

In addition, such a diet is fun, rewarding, and cost effective.


Sample Meatless Menu

Breakfast:

• cooked cereal (seven grain cereal) or cold cereal) shredded wheat, nutrigrain) with skim milk or milk substitute, and half of a banana or other fresh fruit sliced on top
• Citrus fruit: orange or grapefruit-peel and eat the whole fruit
• Three slices of whole wheat toast with mashed banana topped with pineapple ring or slice of kiwi
• Herbal tea

Lunch

• two whole-wheat pita (pocket) breads stuffed with lettuce, sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes, radishes, and some low fat cottage cheese or its tofu equivalent.
• Split-pea soup with pearl barley or rice
• Fresh fruit such as papaya, pear, apple, mango

Dinner

• Whole-wheat spaghetti and tomato sauce
• Tossed salad with a low-calorie Italian dressing
• Slice of whole-grain bread













Dessert

Baked apple (microwaved) with date and walnut.


You can develop your own one-day menu. You can use the above sample as your guide. Enjoy! And have a healthy Meatless Meal!