10 Tips and incentives for those who want to stop eating meat

What were your New Year’s resolutions? If you ended up here, it’s because one of your desires is probably to stop or decrease meat consumption. This is a movement that is growing more and more. In fact, data from Ibope reveal that 14% of the Brazilian population is adept at vegetarian food, and this number will only increase.

Movements such as Monday Without Meat and challenges like 21 Days Without Meat have been growing a lot among influencers and the population, showing that it is possible to adopt a healthy lifestyle, without harming animals.

O Incredible.club, knowing that changing habits overnight can be a challenging task, separated 10 tips and incentives for those who want to stop eating meat. But first, it is worth remembering that it is essential to have medical follow-up to make a healthy transition.

Painlessly: to get an idea, only in Brazil, approximately 10 thousand animals die every minute under the justification of serving as food. As you think about giving up meat, or decreasing the frequency, before eating a meat dish, keep these numbers in mind. Rethink your consumption habits and reflect: isn’t it much better to eat suffering-free dishes?

Decreased risk of diabetes: scientists tested whether the vegan diet could reduce the risk of overweight people acquiring type 2 diabetes. You shouldn’t make any changes to your diet. In the end, they found that those who adhered to the vegan diet had an improvement in sensitivity to the action of insulin, making it easier for sugar to enter cells — and preventing it from getting into the circulation, causing havoc.

Cholesterol levels can lower: You probably already know that a high amount of LDL (the bad) cholesterol in the blood increases the chances of cardiac arrest. Therefore, the American Heart Association (American Heart Association) recommends that the percentage of saturated fat in the daily diet should not exceed 5% or 6%. And what foods are the main sources of saturated fat? Pork, lamb, beef… and what are the best alternatives for that? Fruits, vegetables, grains and other delights that are part of the vegetarian diet.

Positive impact on the Planet: by not eating meat for one day, you stop consuming 3,400 liters of water, which is equivalent to taking 26 15-minute showers. Do you believe?

Lose weight: if you also want to lose a few pounds, then this information will combine the useful with the pleasant. People who stop eating meat and adopt a healthy diet (that is, without spending all day eating fries or stuffing themselves with soda) tend to lose 4.5 kg in a month, on average.

There are no rules: Before making the decision, you may be in contact with people who have already decided to become vegetarians. Of course, some will tell you that you need to cut all kinds of meat at once, others will tell you it’s better to stop slowly. The truth, however, is that there is no right or wrong to becoming a vegetarian. If, for you, it is better to reduce the meat little by little, so be it! Try to challenge yourself: start with a meatless day, jump to a meatless week, then a month… and before you know it, you’ve built a cruelty-free, no-hassle menu. And, of course, seek help from a health professional specializing in this (nutritionist or nutritionist) to help you in this transition period.

Keep an open mind to new ingredients: the difficulty in becoming a vegetarian can sometimes be a matter of point of view. Instead of thinking about the foods you are going to stop eating, think about how many different grains and vegetables you are going to include in your recipes. Open your mind to a whole new world of possibilities. Variety is everything!

Did you miss meat? If you have already started your adventure in the world of vegetarianism, but that one I miss eating meat, know that this is absolutely normal — and there is a solution. Before throwing everything away, remember that the market is advancing more and more in creating products that resemble meat, taste like meat, but are made with a vegetable base. In Brazil, Fazenda do Futuro was the first company to create meat from plants with the same taste, succulence and texture as meat. You can certainly kill the longing and leave with a light conscience.

Keep an eye on your health: as we said in the introduction of this post, it is very important that you have the follow-up of doctors to make the transition. Vegetarians need to keep an eye on their health, especially vitamin B12 (which is absent in the plant kingdom), so they don’t get sick.

Is cutting down on meat on your list of goals? Tell us about your experience in the comments.