Eating Meat...

[ge0rgette2]

I know, I shouldn't start a thread like this - could be a deadly one! hehehe

I've noticed that I've been eating ALOT of red meat lately... I am unsure if it's the summer BBQ's, the ease of throwing burgers and/or steak on the grill.

I don't have a gallbladder and my husband thinks thats my problem. I cannot seem to digest it very well .. takes days and I feel sick after eating a burger or steak..

I was on the Dukan Diet which allowed me to eat chicken as protein along with eggs and yogurts... I lost weight and felt good -- unsure if it was the food or the weight loss - maybe a bit of both.

Does anyone feel sick .. nauseated... get sweaty and just irritable when eating/digesting meats??

I would love some advice.

Thanks!

 

[sissy_ib]

Yes, I get that, but I just don't eat much red meat anymore.
Why don't you just switch back to poultry/fish if red meat makes you sick? Use ground turkey for burgers instead of using ground beef, grill chicken or fish instead of steaks. I just made turkey burgers tonight to eat tomorrow. We get Jennie-o Italian seasoned ground turkey and it is wonderful! I put it on salads, mix in with pre-made soups, use it in stuffed veggies. It's a pretty easy switch.

 

[ge0rgette2]

Yes, I get that, but I just don't eat much red meat anymore.
Why don't you just switch back to poultry/fish if red meat makes you sick? Use ground turkey for burgers instead of using ground beef, grill chicken or fish instead of steaks. I just made turkey burgers tonight to eat tomorrow. We get Jennie-o Italian seasoned ground turkey and it is wonderful! I put it on salads, mix in with pre-made soups, use it in stuffed veggies. It's a pretty easy switch.

 

[cewait]

A patient walked into a doctor's office saying it hurt every time he stuck his finger in his eye... Doc say stop doing it.

Seriously, you are on track to your solution. I find that if I have red meat more than once or twice a month I just feel weird. Didn't really think of that until I read your post but I may eat red meat once a month on average. Sissy nailed it with Jenny-o stuff. Their sausage and other processed foods are healthier... though can still be a high Kcal food. We try to eat fresh stuff as best we can

Why not start today and just quit cold 'turkey'.. We even bring our own food to back yard parties where we are uncertain of the food.

 

[JCH]

I know, I shouldn't start a thread like this - could be a deadly one! hehehe

I've noticed that I've been eating ALOT of red meat lately... I am unsure if it's the summer BBQ's, the ease of throwing burgers and/or steak on the grill.

I don't have a gallbladder and my husband thinks thats my problem. I cannot seem to digest it very well .. takes days and I feel sick after eating a burger or steak..

I was on the Dukan Diet which allowed me to eat chicken as protein along with eggs and yogurts... I lost weight and felt good -- unsure if it was the food or the weight loss - maybe a bit of both.

Does anyone feel sick .. nauseated... get sweaty and just irritable when eating/digesting meats??

I would love some advice.

Thanks!

I have a gallbladder and still feel sick when I eat large amounts of red meat. The amount in something like a pasta meat sauce is fine, but if I eat a steak, I always regret it later!

Usually it's only a problem when I go home to Texas.

I've taken to eating ridiculous amounts of fish. I have Mahi sandwiches whenever I'm in a bar food situation (Florida sports bars seem to always have this option, thank goodness!), Publix has grab an go sushi that I eat probably twice a week when my husband works late, and now when we do go to a decent restaurant, I almost always get fish. If only my husband would touch it, I would probably be a pescatarian by now!

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I quit eating meat awhile ago for ethical reasons, but I have never felt better health-wise. I was recently having the same problems you're having now, but with seafood. I didn't feel sick after eating it, but I never felt all that great either, and my energy levels would always be low. I just decided to quit eating seafood for good one day, and now my energy levels are awesome.

 

[Acton]

If eating meat did not make sense you and I would not be here right now. It's your choice not to eat meat, but you can't tell me that it doesn't make sense. Makes perfect sense to me.

 

[twoWDWfools]

I don't have a gallbladder either but only have an issue feeling bloated/yucky if I eat too much red meat. For other med reasons I cannot cut it completely out (and honestly I like it) so I just watch how much and how often.

I finally found a turkey burger recipe I love the taste of so very often will make them out of that. Oh and fresh veggies especially now with the farmers markets having so much yummy stuff.

 

[t_daniels]

I know, I shouldn't start a thread like this - could be a deadly one! hehehe

I've noticed that I've been eating ALOT of red meat lately... I am unsure if it's the summer BBQ's, the ease of throwing burgers and/or steak on the grill.

I don't have a gallbladder and my husband thinks thats my problem. I cannot seem to digest it very well .. takes days and I feel sick after eating a burger or steak..

I was on the Dukan Diet which allowed me to eat chicken as protein along with eggs and yogurts... I lost weight and felt good -- unsure if it was the food or the weight loss - maybe a bit of both.

Does anyone feel sick .. nauseated... get sweaty and just irritable when eating/digesting meats??

I would love some advice.

Thanks!

My husband has this problem . I honestly don't notice much myself, but I'm working on eating less meat... Not sure if I could give it up completely. It's interesting to read about vegan/ vegetarian health benefits though.

 

[dburg30]

I quit eating meat awhile ago for ethical reasons, but I have never felt better health-wise. I was recently having the same problems you're having now, but with seafood. I didn't feel sick after eating it, but I never felt all that great either, and my energy levels would always be low. I just decided to quit eating seafood for good one day, and now my energy levels are awesome.

OK, I really dont want to start a big discussion, but you stopped eating meat for ethical reasons, but have no ethical problems eating seafood?? I'm just curious on that one??? Or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.

 

[HootDad]

My husband has this problem . I honestly don't notice much myself, but I'm working on eating less meat... Not sure if I could give it up completely. It's interesting to read about vegan/ vegetarian health benefits though.

I'm the only one in my household who eats meat. My oldest daughter is a vegan, my wife and younger daughter are both vegitarians. So, as you can imagine, I don't eat a lot of meat because our meals at home are vegan (when my oldest is home from college) or vegitarian. I also eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies. I can say this for myself - I feel much better when I don't eat very much meat. And at 54 I have no issues with cholestoral or blood pressure etc.

And on top of all that eating less meat is good for the environment! It's win-win!

 

[dburg30]

I'm the only one in my household who eats meat. My oldest daughter is a vegan, my wife and younger daughter are both vegitarians. So, as you can imagine, I don't eat a lot of meat because our meals at home are vegan (when my oldest is home from college) or vegitarian. I also eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies. I can say this for myself - I feel much better when I don't eat very much meat. And at 54 I have no issues with cholestoral or blood pressure etc.

And on top of all that eating less meat is good for the environment! It's win-win!

Again, I'm just curious, how is it better for the environment? Or how is eating just veggies somehow less bad? I'm not disputing if you feel better or not, only you know how you feel after eating certain foods.

 

[t_daniels]

Again, I'm just curious, how is it better for the environment? Or how is eating just veggies somehow less bad? I'm not disputing if you feel better or not, only you know how you feel after eating certain foods.

I don't know all the details, forks over knives I think has some info. Has to do with how the food is produced, possibly. I've only recently started getting interested. There have been several studies on how a vegan diet can reduce or reverse some conditions, like diabetes.

 

[dburg30]

I don't know all the details, forks over knives I think has some info. Has to do with how the food is produced, possibly. I've only recently started getting interested. There have been several studies on how a vegan diet can reduce or reverse some conditions, like diabetes.

You may also want to do some investigating into genetic engineering being done in plants, (look up monsanto genetic eng and check it out) how many nutrients you are really getting out of todays veggies etc etc.. I think you'll be surprised there also.. Has to do with farmland being stressed so much for production that there arent as many nutrients in the soil, therefore you arent getting all the nutrients from the veggies that you used to. I'm not saying there isnt pollution made in animal husbandry, but much less food goes to waste when feeding animals.. so much less waste. ie: the cow doesnt care if that ear of corn doesnt 'look nice' Anywho, again not meaning to deflect the thread .

 

[t_daniels]

You may also want to do some investigating into genetic engineering being done in plants, (look up monsanto genetic eng and check it out) how many nutrients you are really getting out of todays veggies etc etc.. I think you'll be surprised there also.. Has to do with farmland being stressed so much for production that there arent as many nutrients in the soil, therefore you arent getting all the nutrients from the veggies that you used to. I'm not saying there isnt pollution made in animal husbandry, but much less food goes to waste when feeding animals.. so much less waste. ie: the cow doesnt care if that ear of corn doesnt 'look nice' Anywho, again not meaning to deflect the thread .

Very true ! Ugh. Theres so much to worry about.

 

[HootDad]

Again, I'm just curious, how is it better for the environment? Or how is eating just veggies somehow less bad? I'm not disputing if you feel better or not, only you know how you feel after eating certain foods.

There's quite a bit of info out there on this, and with a quick search I found this wikipedia article that sums it up nicely. Again, there are several articles out there but they all pretty much say the same thing.

 

[HootDad]

Very true ! Ugh. Theres so much to worry about.

I know this is not an option for some folks, and admittedly the cost goes up a bit, but we buy organic and local as much as we can.

One thing about fruits to consider - the worst offenders are the ones where you eat the "skin" (apples, pears, etc.). For those I would strongly suggest buying organic (and local if you can) exclusively. It's not as much of a concern for things like bananas and oranges.

 

[t_daniels]

I know this is not an option for some folks, and admittedly the cost goes up a bit, but we buy organic and local as much as we can.

One thing about fruits to consider - the worst offenders are the ones where you eat the "skin" (apples, pears, etc.). For those I would strongly suggest buying organic (and local if you can) exclusively. It's not as much of a concern for things like bananas and oranges.

Starting to buy more organic. It's pricey!

 

[JCH]

Again, I'm just curious, how is it better for the environment? Or how is eating just veggies somehow less bad? I'm not disputing if you feel better or not, only you know how you feel after eating certain foods.

I'll go over a few of the reasons. These are mostly geared towards beef.

1) The production of beef is mostly outside of the US and leads to clear cutting of rainforest to make room for pasture.
2). The production of beef is extremely wasteful of water. For each pound of beef you eat, it took 2500 gallons of water.
3) Cows used for beef production are the number 1 contributed to greenhouse gases. They emit about 18% of greenhouse gases worldwide due to methane from their belches and decomposition of their fecal matter.
4) You can feed 10 times the number of people with corn the cow eats than from the actual cow. This means more corn production, specially of the genetically engineered kind, to meet the demand.


Switching to a no red meat diet has the equivalent environmental impact of driving about 8000 miles less per year.

 

[HootDad]

I'll go over a few of the reasons. These are mostly geared towards beef.

1) The production of beef is mostly outside of the US and leads to clear cutting of rainforest to make room for pasture.
2). The production of beef is extremely wasteful of water. For each pound of beef you eat, it took 2500 gallons of water.
3) Cows used for beef production are the number 1 contributed to greenhouse gases. They emit about 18% of greenhouse gases worldwide due to methane from their belches and decomposition of their fecal matter.
4) You can feed 10 times the number of people with corn the cow eats than from the actual cow. This means more corn production, specially of the genetically engineered kind, to meet the demand.

Switching to a no red meat diet has the equivalent environmental impact of driving about 8000 miles less per year.

Well written. I was too lazy and just posted a link!;-)