IN THE May issue of Choice, I considered the fact that many of us, without changing our diets to a completely vegetarian or vegan regime, seem to have begun adopting a meat-free day at least once a week.
Most of us in the UK eat meat as part of our traditional diet. Most likely it’s because it’s packed with high-quality protein, iron and B-complex vitamins. Meat also contains micronutrients essential for human health, such as zinc, selenium and phosphorous.
However, although meat is in general beneficial to our diet, the cost of its production, in terms of land usage required alone, isn’t that