My kitchen is the heart of my home. My friends all like to hang out in there instead of in my more spacious living room.
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My kitchen is the heart of my home. My friends all like to hang out in there instead of in my more spacious living room.
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For personal reasons I don't eat red meat. It's not because I'm a vegetarian or a vegan, I simply don't eat red meat because it disagrees with me. My digestive system dictates what I can eat and what I can't, it's as simple as that. I don't make a fuss about it. For instance, I eat fish. Not too often, because I always try to eat it fresh and it's quite expensive. I had to cut out cheese made from cow's milk a long time ago, and I can only manage a couple of eggs per week. I try to stay away from yeast products, so no fresh bread. Being an Italian with food intolerance is no easy gig! I can eat pasta, but I can't have tomato sauce, nor can I eat potatoes, aubergines and peppers, so welcome to my daily head-scratching recipe hunt. I consider myself one of the lucky ones, though, because I don't have a problem with gluten or any other life-threatening food allergies Because of my food intolerance, and the daily need to carefully check whatever I should like to eat, I find myself puzzled by the idea that someone would want to bear a label based on what they will or won't eat. What are you?I have some friends who are fiercely vegan. Others are vegetarian. Being vegan or vegetarian isn't just about avoiding eating or using animal products, it means your food choices are based on ethics. The desire to create cruelty-free produce and a safer environment are at the heart of this philosophy, ideas it's impossible not to share. But alas! Many people, though interested in the idea of ethical food choices, find it difficult to give up eating animal products altogether. Less meat more veggiesAs the word implies, the Reducetarian Foundation aims to improve human health, protect the environment and spare farm animals from cruelty by reducing consumption of animal products. They're aware that being vegetarian or vegan implies and all-or-nothing position many people find difficult to embrace, so what they propose instead is a step-by-step growth in your awareness about the animal products you consume If you think Reducetarianism is too philosophical for you, you could become instead a Flexitarian. If you just can't give up those chicken wings, or you're a mite too fond of quiche Lorraine, you can still eat your favourite food guilt-free, so long as you keep an eye on the number of times each week you eat animal products. Flexitarianism promotes eating predominantly, but not strictly, vegetarian. There space for a small amount of animal produce in your diet. On the same basis the “Part-time Carnivore Movement” offers an easy-to-understand guide to how much you can save the planet in terms of water, CO2 emissions and arable land on a scale from 0 to 7 plus.
Based on my weekly consumption of 3 meat meals (I eat chicken, turkey and fish) that makes me a Flexitarian, and my contribution to saving the planet amounts to 116m2 land, 32kg Co2 and 6444 litres of water each week! So I have it! I can choose between being labelled a part-time carnivore, and/or a flexitarian with a touch of reducetarianism. And I thought my diet was based on my food allergies! |
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