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Its worth noting that you don't need to avoid meat if the goal is to avoid being a pharmaceutical patient.
by _heimdall 11mo ago
Its worth noting that you don't need to avoid meat if the goal is to avoid being a pharmaceutical patient.
- graemep 11mo agoMeat is more expensive though and GP was talking about a low cost healthy diet.
- kingstnap 11mo agoI don't think animal products are all that expensive tbh. Chicken, milk, yogurt, eggs are all really cheap if you consider the protien content. Completely unbeatable value especially factoring in time and convenience and heartiness is picking up a rotisserie chicken and a bag of frozen veggies. Liver is also very affordable and extremely nutritious.
- graemep 11mo agoOf the four animal products you list there, only one is meat, and its a cheap meat... Meat is not all that expensive for protein and comparatively quick and easy to cook, agreed, but the cheapest option is still veg. Liver, and offal in general, is much underrated for both taste and health. A lot of people in the UK just do not eat it and its becoming hard to find (liver the common, but other things are not).
- _heimdall 11mo agoAt least in my area, good quality meat isn't any more expensive than good quality produce. By "good meat" I mean at least pasture raised, and by "good produce" I mean at least organic.
- _heimdall 11mo agoI'd be curious for a silent down vote to actually comment here. Do you take issue with the prices of meat and produce in my area?
- ac29 11mo agoI didnt vote one way or another but its odd to compare the cost of meat to the cost of produce. Far different calorie density and nutritional profile. Maybe your point is that you spend about as much on meat as you do on produce, but that depends on your specific diet since they are not equivalent food groups.
- _heimdall 11mo agoThe prior comments were discussing the cost of healthy meals. Calories aren't a good measure of anything beyond burning your food. Unless your body works similar to a steam engine, it really doesn't matter how much energy you can put into water by setting your food on fire. My point was simply that I spend roughly the cost of quality meat in my area is on par with or cheaper than quality produce given what I need to put into a meal to feel full and satiated. My point isn't that I eat only meat, I don't know the last time I had a meal that didn't also include vegetables or bread, for example. I was only calling out that one doesn't need to stick to vegetables for a reasonably priced healthy meal, at least where I live.
- kelipso 11mo agoAlso, no offense to anyone, but hearing that you should eat lentils and beans as the main for a healthy meal is as appealing as hearing you should eat only cardboard for a healthy meal.
- whateveracct 11mo agoI can often get whole free range chickens for 99c/lb. So a 6lb chicken for $6.
- nielsbot 11mo agoWhere is that?
- whateveracct 11mo agoWestern Washington state