How to Give Up a Certain Meat

Whether you want to stop eating red meat, poultry, fish or pork, giving up a type of meat involves a lifestyle and attitude change that is focused around finding alternatives to that meat product. You might decide to give up a certain meat for your health, or you might want to give up the meat for environmental causes. Whatever your reason for leaving the meat behind, it's important to make an active effort to avoid the meat and replace it with other foods.

Instructions

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  Start slowly replacing the meat with an alternative meal once or twice a week. For example, if you're trying to stop eating red meats, substitute the red meat meals with poultry or fish. You can even eat a entirely vegetarian meal as an alternative to your regular meat meal if you are trying to give up all meats.

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  Get rid of the meat you have stored in your home. Donate it to friends or family to make sure it doesn't go to waste.

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  Stock your refrigerator and cabinets with alternative meats or meals to take place of the meat you are trying to give up. Frozen vegetables are convenient substitutes for meat that provide essential nutrients to the body.

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  Eat a combination of foods that provide your body with complete proteins if you choose to go vegetarian or vegan. Because many plants do not provide complete proteins on their own, a combination of different plant products can bring all of the essential amino acids together to create a complete protein, according to University of Cincinnati research. Some combinations that make complete proteins include whole-wheat bread and peanut butter, whole-wheat rolls with sesame seeds, brown rice with legumes and hummus made with chickpeas on a whole-wheat pita.

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  Find vegetarian alternatives to the meat. If you decide to give up red meat, but still want to enjoy foods such as hamburgers and hot dogs, find vegetarian alternatives that mimic hamburgers and hot dogs using vegetable proteins. You can also make hamburgers out of poultry meat in the same way you can with red meat.