In light of the push from many organizations to reduce consumption of animal-based products and switch to a plant-based diet, I find it discouraging (although not entirely surprising, unfortunately), to see how so many national food guides are still slanted towards meat, dairy and eggs. So, when I happened to come across this article: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/21/11978318/china-less-meat-schwarzenegger-cameron, I was thrilled! China is nudging their population towards a substantial change – which is great news, and worth noting and copying around the world. I would love to see people join the challenge and spread the word in their own circles. The official goal is to have people reduce their meat consumption by 50%, but this challenge could easily be adapted at a different percentage or also include other animal products etc. – as ambitous as people are willing to be.
As an interesting note, James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger are both involved – there is a short 2 minute video highlighting their efforts in the article. If Arnold S. says that meat is not needed to build muscles and be strong, I’m not sure that even the most skeptical person could disagree with his results! 🙂 (Given that I am not build like that, I’m not sure that I can convince people the same way. :))
