Is "Meatless Monday" Something We Should All Embrace?

My family tries at least once a week to eat a meatless meal anyway, so why not just dedicate it to mondays :)

I am not a vegetarian but I feel that we should always try to do things to enhance our lives and to be more healthy and what better way than to go "Meatless" one day a week! There are some great meatless products out there and one of my favorites is the Nate's Meatless Meatballs. Try them!

me and my husband is trying to cut down on meat and the idea of meatless monday is a good motivation and keep people aware of healthy living...i salute to that!

The surest way to get me to do something is to tell me I can't. If people don't want to eat meat, that's their choice. I, however, love meat - all kinds of meat. If my community were to attempt to tell me that I had to skip meat one day a week, they would have a fight on their hands. As for the health benefits of not eating meat - that is certainly debatable. Do some research, read some studies on both sides instead of jumping on the veggie bandwagon just because "somebody" said it was healthier. As we've seen repeatedly, the "sombodies" are frequently wrong. Bottom line - if you like meat, eat it. If you don't, don't.

I have at least 3 meatless days a week. I am not a vegetarian but I do love eating meatless meals.

I'm not sure how I feel about this idea... I know that for someone like my husband, who takes his freedom of choice seriously, this would probably make him want to eat -more- meat, if anything. I am all for cities promoting healthy eating habits and more informed decisions when it comes to what we ingest, but I think the responsibility still needs to remain with the individual and not with the city they live in. I think the best policy is to -encourage- Meatless Monday, but don't -enforce- it.

Any time you can get people to think about what they eat, it's a good thing. I'm by no means a vegetarian, but I definitely appreciate any attempt to get people to think about alternative ways of eating.

I'm vegetarian so I don't mind. I think it would be cool if more people do it.

We have always had at least one meatless day a week....it's really easy and so much healthier!

I'm a vegetarian (actually, I'm technically a pescetarian because I eat fish but not meat or chicken), but I don't necessarily support this. I have no issue with other people eating meat, and some people I know (who are very healthy and at a good weight) seem to need to eat meat to feel sated. It seems like some people really do need to eat meat more than others. I think that "Junk-less Monday" where people don't eat junk food and sugary beverages would do a lot more for people's health than Meatless Monday. Additives and pesticides in our food are a lot worse than meat.