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...small hurdle in the Land of Women?and with pretty much everyone else. Namu spent years isolated in the mountains herding yaks with an uncle who never speaks. She jealously punishes her sister by feeding her a sausage of human feces to protest her sister's larger portions of meat. By the final pages of the book, Namu has beaten two people bloody, devastated a suitor, demolished a kitchen with an axe and fled her village with her mother flinging stones at her back. Through it all, she remains likable: you have to root for a girl trying so hard...
...ancient ancestors hunted for their meat and expended a lot of energy chasing it down. Today our animal protein is raised on feedlots and in cages and delivered in great abundance nearly to our door. We eat roughly twice as much protein as we need, according to some estimates, risking injury to our kidneys and livers. Many cuts of meat--red meat in particular--are high in the saturated fats that have been linked to heart disease. Some studies suggest that eating meat may predispose us to cancer...
...ahead, enjoy your bacon cheeseburger. But make it a once- or twice-a-month extravagance. Go lean if you can, but above all, go easy. Remember that meat doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Many dishes, such as stir-fries and salads, can incorporate small quantities of meat but still satisfy. A pasta sauce can be 25% meat and 75% vegetables. Dr. David Katz of Yale suggests eating lean beef, pork or lamb once or twice a week, chicken or turkey once or twice a week, and fish and other seafood three to four times...
...alternative to red meat, it's hard to beat seafood. Fish and shellfish with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to lower the risk of heart disease and may reduce men's risk of prostate cancer...
...Meat Rack...