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Page THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday October 27 1990 Environment Reducing the intake of meat could solve several problems By JANET DUVAL There are many good reasons for reducing the meat in our diets Our own health is one The health of the planet is another A hamburger looks harmless enough but most of us know know that we should have a heart and cut down the amount of fat and salt we get from eating as much meat as we do far more than we need for good nutrition by the way Of greater concern is what goes into producing the meat in that hamburger It takes up to 16 pounds of grains and soybean feed to produce just one pound of beef That a lot of precious farmland and a lot of water too to grow the grains to feed the beef we crave so much Is it worth if In Canada and elsewhere far more gram goes to animals than to feed people and countries like Brazil which is a major meat exporter the cost in malnutrition and hunger is criminal Speaking of Brazil we can ponder the destruction of vast tracts of rainforest to produce grazing land for cattle Why to help feed the insatiable North American appetite for beef You t feel dismay at the thought of reducing meat in fami ly meals True enough when you mentioi meatless visions of soybean and len til soups dance in many heads But it can be more exciting than that Keep m mind that for most of human history diets centred around cereal grains and vegetables with meat just as a supplement Most of the world still eats this way so your into eating to save the planet can begin with Chinese cooking Mexican Italian and so on The popular Light heated Cookbook has many helpful recipes Try a vegetable stir fry with just a bit of meat included and accompanying rice Make lasagna without the meat and try many other pasta dishes that use little or no meat often with delicious cheese sauces Start serving low meat or no- meat dishes gradually I began by serving spaghetti sauce without the meat about once a week and no one has missed it During winter we often enjoy a meal of thick soup and a hearty bread and that s enough I not concerned about pro tein intake because North Americans get far more than they need every day Eggs and cheese alone can provide what we need I also not vegetarian That kind of diet needs good nutritional guidance and atten tion to other nutrients besides protein But I do believe we can all benefit by reducing meat intake and can enjoy it too If anyone in your family com plains tell them to think about a hungry child herding beef cattle at the edge of the shnnting Brazilian rainforest The writer Is a graduate tlonlst active in the local group Ten Days for World Develop ment which on the TwoThirds World New products available to fight environment battle Roads with recycled plastic milk jugs in them hip implants made of steel with ceramic faces and computer chips that work with light what do these have in common They are all ex amples of the types of new pro ducts becoming possible because of the availability of 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