.. I would (and am) changing my diet to almost vegan, for several reasons. One is that eating meat gives me very high uric acid levels, which lead to gout (which is oooooo so very painful). Last week i ate one small steak and then couldn't walk for 2 days. Another reason is that I like to think of myself as an environmentalist, and the "ecological damage" and "carbon footprint" of raising animals for food is 10 times more destructive to the environment than eating primary crops such as grain products, legumes and eggs and seafood for a protein supplement. It keeps the weight down for us inactive PWP, costs less than a meat diet, and the murdering of defenseless animals is imho not a nobel quality or modern man. I practically live on boiled rice, beans, fish , vegetables and fruits. NO gout and NO guilty conscience.