Five Myths About The "NMP" (No Meat Or Poultry) Eating Style by Melanie Jordan

Are you being held back from choosing a healthier lifestyle because you believe one of the many myths about going meatless? Many people who could greatly benefit from going what I call

"NMP" (no meat or poultry, yes to fish, dairy products and eggs), whether full-time, or from time-to-time, do not do so

because they are misinformed. That's too bad, because eating more of a plant-based diet, is being pointed to more and more as a great way to maintain good health or lessen the severity

of illness or disease when it does strike. So let's dispel some of those myths right now!

Myth 1: A diet without meat and poultry is boring and hard to stick with.

Not true! Forget everything you've heard about going meatless either full-time, or from time-to-time. I follow an "NMP" eating style full-time, and I regularly eat delicious food like

cheeseburgers, chicken parmesan, tacos, BLTs and chicken caesar salad (in their non-meat/poultry versions of course).

Myth 2: When you go "NMP", you have trouble getting enough protein. The trouble with the "Typical American Diet" is that most people think protein means just red meat, poultry, pork or fish. There are lots of great ways for someone who follows the "NMP" eating

style to easily get the essential protein that they need to be healthy. For example, some great sources of protein without meat and poultry include: fish, soy-based meat and poultry substitute products, high-protein pasta, beans, nuts, fat-free and low-fat dairy products and eggs (ideally just egg whites) and vegetable-

based protein powders.

Myth 3: Any food that I find in my natural foods/health food

store is healthy.

Just because an item is available for sale in a natural foods/health food store, does not mean that you can assume it is right for you. A frozen food entrée may have too much fat, salt or sugar even if it does not contain meat or poultry. There will still be white bread and white pastas, when whole grain would be healthier. A baked item could have partially-hydrogenated oil (trans-fat) in it. Nothing demonstrates better the fact that you still have to be on your guard at a health food store, than the

fact that such major chains as Whole Foods Markets and Wild Oats Markets sell Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Myth 4: It's hard for those who go "NMP" to fit in socially

Lots of people have special dietary needs and you shouldn't let "meat and poultry eaters' peer pressure" get in the way of your "NMP" lifestyle. Many of my friends and family did not even

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BIO:

Melanie is the author of "Have Your Cheeseburger And Keep Your Health Too!" and "Healthy Recipes For Comfort Foods You Love!" More healthy living resources and book purchase information is available at Melanie's web site at http://www.healthyeatingcoach.com. You can contact Melanie and subscribe to her free monthly healthy living e-zine by e-mail to healthyeatncoach@aol.com.

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