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I’ve eaten chicken, turkey, sheep, cow, pig, duck, rabbit, snail, deer and horse. It’s a bit more than 3, and that’s just the general category (for example, counting boars and pigs as only one type) and only land animals. If we list each fish species, crabs, squids, calamari…
You eat that varied on a daily, or even weekly, basis?
Chicken, pork, beef. Duck is common in Asian cuisines. Turkey is common in Western cuisines. Lamb is super common in many cuisines and my personal favorite meat. Bison burgers are popular in many places (dad loves them and so does my work cafeteria). There are dozens of varieties of seafood - but to be generous let's say it's just three groups: shells, scales, crustaceans. That's already 10 types of 'meat' that people eat semi-regularly, not including the different aspects/preparation of those selections. Hardly a lack of options!
I know all these options are out there, but I find it hard to believe the average person is eating 10+ different animals in a week.
Sure. But if someone isn't eating a varied diet, becoming vegan or vegetarian isn't going to fix that.
It could actually help, inadvertently. When I became vegan I could no longer fall back on my old comfort meals without modifying them. Limitations breed creativity.
But isn't OP saying that meat options are limited? OP clearly isn't impressed with the creativity that bread.
Why does food have to be so varied on a weekly basis? Eating twenty different vegetables every week doesn't make my life any better than just eating the several few kinds I enjoy and find healthy. Same with meat, but I have great variety monthly when I feel like it, same as with fruits and vegetables. That's enough for me.
And besides, those 80,000 edible plants just don't fill you up like those 3 meats do, in taste or substance.
If we include seafood, I definitely do.
But to be fair, I don't think the average person is eating that varied a diet. I am not going to make the claim people on a plant-based diet can't get protein, they can, but they probably aren't getting 10+ different sources of it either.
Variety is the spice of life! I went vegan nearly seven years ago and never had an issue with protein deficiency. Is there a benefit to having a high number of protein sources?
Lamb is prohibitive expensive. That's coming from a country that's has more sheep than humans. Not a chance I can afford to buy lamb even though it's Soo good. Chicken and beef mostly and maybe something when it's on deal.