Cut Back On Meat

Meat is good for you (in reasonable portions), but as Mark Bittman (an American food author) points out most of us are eating too much.

Remember that most traditional styles of cooking use meat as a condiment or a treat. This is true in American frontier cooking, where salt pork and bacon were used to season beans; in Italy, where a small piece of meat is served as a secondo (rarely more than a few ounces, even in restaurants); and around the world, where bits of meat are added to stir-fries and salads, as well as bean, rice and noodle dishes. In all of these cases, meat is seen as a treasure, not as something to be gobbled up as if it were air. - Mark

If you are looking into reducing your meat intake, or are simply interested head over to the New York Times site for more info.

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