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Eating less meat ‘like taking 8m cars off road’ (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I went like 90% vegetarian and switched to the meat substitutes. If I can do it, anyone can. I've always had a meat-a-saurus diet until 2-3 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've only met one person who couldn't go veg, because they had allergies to everything: soy, legumes, nuts.

There's been a lot of obsession with protein in popular culture when in reality unless you're a bodybuilder you don't need a ton and a veg diet will suffice. And there are tons of vegan athletes.

The point I was making is that there is one step even the laziest can take to have an impact: just stop eating beef. Going full veg is better of course.

[–] Soup 1 points 2 days ago

Beef should be easy, too, because it’s so goddamn expensive.