What is your dietary habit?

[DemPGH]

Light vegetarian. I will eat fish and seafood, but no red meat, no pork, etc. Don't even like it. I've drastically cut back on eggs and I consume soy or almond instead of dairy. I guess I'm close enough, so vegetarian. There's one medical doctor / physician in the family, and he's hardcore vegetarian. That's good enough for me, although I don't know that I'd give up fish.

It's ultimately about what you put in your body, which is to me the primary concern.

[DemPGH]

I eat meat, like my ancestors before me, and as the good lord intended. Vegetarianism/veganism is the worst thing white people have ever invented.

White people invented vegetarianism? lol

Mm-hmm.

Vegetarianism/veganism is the worst thing white people have ever invented.

If you like strokes, high blood pressure, hypertension, fat, cholesterol, etc.

[DemPGH]

Vegetarianism/veganism is the worst thing white people have ever invented.

If you like strokes, high blood pressure, hypertension, fat, cholesterol, etc.

Eating meat is perfectly healthy.  It doesn't cause high blood pressure or high LDL cholesterol.  That's sort of a myth based on the misconception that eating fat makes you fat.

The AHA disagrees with you - decidedly.

That eating fats does not make you fat is kind of funny, actually. The question is whether or not the fat in question is a 'good' fat. An avocado is a good fat. A banana is a good fat. A jelly doughnut is not. A porterhouse is not. They'll all make you fat, but the first two won't give you a stroke.

And for goodness sakes, drop the pizza and ice cream.

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MyHeartandStrokeNews/Protein-and-Heart-Health_UCM_434962_Article.jsp

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/High-Protein-Diets_UCM_305989_Article.jsp