Ever since red and processed meat was linked to an increased risk of cancer a decade ago, people have been advised to limit their daily consumption of these to a maximum of 70g. But while the “five a day” fruit and vegetables campaign turns 21 this year, and warnings about excess sugar abound, other government guidelines on food remain vague. While they specify two weekly portions of fish, one of which should be oily, about meat they say only “eat some”. There are no recommendations as to how much white meat should be consumed.

This is unhelpful, but also revealing. The national food strategy, commissioned by ministers in 2021, warned that a significant section of the public feel strongly about meat-based meals. Drawing on research with a focus group, its authors observed that there is “something culturally sacred” about staples such as a plate of bangers and the Sunday roast. For this reason, the strategy rejected the idea of a meat tax as a means of incentivising lower-carbon diets, on the grounds of its likely unpopularity. But meat-eating has gone down all the same. In 2022, people in the UK ate less meat at home than at any time since records began in the 1970s – and 14% less than in 2012. Part of this decline is due to cost of living pressures, and proof of the difficulties that households face in affording food bills. But this is not the whole story, since richer households have cut back as well as poorer ones, and veganism has gained in popularity.

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This is going to be the toughest thing in our times. If plant alternatives to meat products or petri dish meat can achieve price parity it will be a good thing for the environment and maybe health as well (if we can figure out how to maximize healthiness while retaining flavor.)

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We have beans and lentils which are already cheaper

Don’t make excuses for yourself to keep eating meat

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I don’t think I understand. Do you think I was trying to excuse something? Im talking about whats going to happen or not in a world filled with people like myself and even worse if you look at more meat eating as worse.

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You’re making excuses to murder animals

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Yeah. If we don’t assume that we’re more worthy than people who will come after us then we should probably make this sort of change yesterday.

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Something about… bioavailability of B12… And meat/dairy…

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Something something vegan athletes

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What a load of crap. Let people choose for themselves how much meat they believe that they should eat. Someone somewhere is trying to make it harder and harder to eat meat. Red flag right there.

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What a load of crap. Let people choose for themselves how much carbon they believe that they should emit. Someone somewhere is trying to make it harder and harder to emit carbon. Red flag right there.

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Nah the moment your choice affects the lives of other animals we will stop you right in your tracks. You will be convicted for eating meat.

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Oh my god

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Wow not many people here believe in freedom of choice I see.

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What about the freedom of the cows, pigs, fishes and chickens oppressor.

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You know that for thousands of years us humans have eaten meat right? So as to survive. I’m all for looking into alternatives, but proceeding with caution. It’s very arrogant for you to say that your way is right and the billions of humans that lived before you were all wrong. I’m very happy that you are not a law maker. Each human has the right to choose whether to eat meat. It’s the law. By law each has the right to choose. Once you start taking away people’s rights to choose, you start on a very slippery slope. Clearly you are not aware of this, or you are very young. One or the other.

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