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No: Missing Meatless Mondays
Becoming vegetarian can obviously come with a set of health benefits for many people. It’s not just about tofurkey (just, no), organic to the max, ridiculous specialty food store bills, and saying ‘sayonara’ to savory bacon, it’s about doing something.
When I say “something” I mean anything that can be a win-win for you and the world around you. A lot of people hear the word vegetarian and run before I can even finish speaking. I have been a vegetarian on and off for the last 20 years. I go through periods where all I can literally dream about is steak — there’s no real Freudian explanation for this, and periods where I am craving what I call “clean” eating. I don’t have any specific reasons I am willing to bombard you with on why I do decide to go vegetarian for months or years at a time, I just do.
This year I’m going to make a consistent and conscious effort to at the very least get back to my ‘Meatless Mondays’. Have you heard of it? Probably.
This catchy phrase started as a 2003 international campaign to encourage people not to eat meat on, you guessed it, Mondays. All of this is in the hopes of promoting and improving their health and the health of our lovely little planet. The non-profit initiative was started by The Monday Campaigns, Inc. and works with John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for a Livable future. You can…
