Meatless Monday: Inviting You to Join Us

Last year, I joined the the important Meatless Monday campaign.

I'm now inviting you to pledge to do your part this year to help reduce meat consumption by 15 percent "in order to improve personal health and the health of our planet." 

Will you, too, join this important, healthy, fast growing movement, which is a non-profit initiative sponsored in association with the Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health?

Of course, you smart, astute, health-conscious readers will have questions. Get answers and learn important information below how going meatless on Monday can improve your health, save gasoline and much more.

• Get some history about this important program.
• Why go Meatless?
• Why Monday?
• Learn about Movers & Shakers, who have gone Meatless.
• Discover Meatless Monday Bloggers.

Let's get down to basics now. What can you eat if you skip the meat?

It’s very easy to go meatless on Monday. Instead of having chicken, beef or pork, just get your protein (2 to 3 servings) from beans, legumes, eggs, nuts and seeds instead.

Naturally, you'll want to eat ample vegetables (5 to 5 servings) and fruits (2 to 3 servings), as well as, whole grains (if you choose) and small portions of quality fats (2 to 3 tablespoons).

Plus, I'm excited to learn, the Meatless Monday folks encourage you to limit sweets, sweetened beverages, fried foods, salty snacks and foods with hydrogenated oils. Of course, as readers of this Sugar Shock Blog and my book SUGAR SHOCK! know,  I highly recommend cutting out or at least cutting back on sugary foods and drinks for the sake of your health, moods and relationships.

Now, here are some more answers to your Meatless Monday questions.