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( Meat)
In modern English usage, meat most often refers to animal tissue used as food, mostly skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to organs, including lungs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, and a variety of other internal organs as well as blood. The word meat is also used by the meat packing and butchering industry in a more restrictive sense—the flesh of mammalian species (pigs, cattle, etc.) raised and butchered for human consumption, to the exclusion of fish, poultry, and eggs. Eggs and seafood are rarely referred to as meat even though they consist of animal tissue. Animals that consume only, or mostly animals are called carnivores. Through most of human history, individual families of humans hunted, raised, and slaughtered animals for their meat, and later, as civilizations developed, priests and temple assistants performed the functions of slaughtering and butchering animals for food in animal sacrifice. Today, in most industrialized nations, a meat packing industry slaughters, processes, and distributes meat for human consumption. The word meat comes from the Old English word mete, which referred to food in general. Mad in Danish, mat in Swedish and Norwegian, and matur in Icelandic which also means 'food'. An incorrect definition that refers to meat as not including fish developed over the past few hundred years and has religious influences. The distinction between fish and "meat" is codified by Jewish law of kashrut, regarding the mixing of milk and meat, which does not forbid the mixing of milk and fish. Modern halakha (Jewish law) on kashrut classifies the flesh of both mammals and birds as "meat"; fish are considered to be parve (also spelled parev, pareve; Yiddish ?????? parev), neither meat nor a dairy food. The Catholic dietary restriction to "meat" on Fridays also does not apply to the cooking and eating of fish.
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How to Lose Weight without Losing Meat: The Weight Loss Program for Meat Lovers by Mellisa M
How to lose weight while still being able to eat meat has to be given serious consideration in all diet eating plans. Weight loss programs must focus on protein and nutrients. Without it, you might lose weight, but you won’t be able to function. ...
Heavy Consumption of Red Meat, Junk Food, Culprits of Metabolism Syndrome! by James Petersen
In the world most of the people are non vegetarians. Nowadays however, there are many who are taking to the vegetarian ways, thanks to the booming awareness of the people regarding health. Even in the western countries where people are primarily non ...
Eat Healthy by Eating Rainbows by Dr. Doug Fullington
One of my patients recently made dramatic progress in losing weight by following some very simple steps. Since I last saw him six months ago, he significantly improved his diet and started exercising to lose 30 pounds. His cholesterol dropped 45 poin...
Feeding your Dog A Raw Food Diet by cyril scheer
There are many reasons, counting all the pet food recalls last year, many animal lovers are looking for other options to commercial dog food. One of the options is raw a food diet for dogs.
The raw food diet for dogs would consist of what you...
Healthy Meat Substitutes that Will Allow You to Enjoy the Delightful Flavor of Meat by Muna wa Wanjiru
When the pangs of hunger strike you, you will generally start looking for delicious food to start satisfying these hunger pangs. To satisfy this need you have a range of different foods that you can try. These will include fruits, fast f...
Meat Replacements by Nancy Walker
There are many alternatives to beef, chicken, pork, and seafood. Most provide you with as much or more protein, calorie for calorie, as any meat product, without the harmful saturated fats. They have different shapes and textures, perfect for many di...
Red meat consumption doubles risk of colon cancer, says study; is it time to go vegetarian yet? by Mike Adams
Copyright 2006 Truth Publishing
A current study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows a doubling of the risk of colon cancer for people who are heavy consumers of red meat. More specifically, it shows that the risk ...
Do Vegetarians Live Longer? by William Faloon
LE Magazine January 2006 Do Vegetarians Live Longer? By William Faloon by William Faloon Excess consumption of red meat increases the risk of heart disease, certain cancers, and other disorders. As a result, health-c...
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