Meat may SEEM necessary for a satisfying meal, but there are plenty of creative alternatives out there besides the stereotypical tofu. Browsing recipes online or eating a vegetarian meal at a restaurant can be good ways to learn how meatless ingredients (beans, soy, starchy vegetables) can be just as filling and often better for you. Also, making small steps towards vegetarianism can also be less daunting than giving up meat altogether. Try making a gradual shift in the diet: on Week 1, take meat out of your breakfast; Week 2, take meat out of breakfast and lunch; Week 3, only eat meat four times per week; and so on. Even a semi-vegetarian diet, where meat is less of a priority but not absent entirely, is a step towards a healthier you!

The personal touch about not liking a bloody piece of meat is funny, but it doesn’t prove much, I’m afraid . Some people do actually like the sight of raw meat. Steak tartar is delicious to some. A more common example is sushi. If you could rigorously show that humans actually prefer cooked meat in general (not that they eat cooked meat in general, because that could be cultural), and that cooked meat tastes more like vegetables than raw meat, then you have a case. And besides, have you ever salivated over a carrot? I haven’t. But note how many people, when hungry, salivate at the smell of roasted flesh. Roasted, yes, but so what? Who’s to say flesh needs to eaten raw? There’s no Grand Law of Mother Nature that says you must eat raw whatever you catch or rip off a tree. Animals and plants exist on this earth, they consume substances for their material well being. If all of a sudden we found out that steamed dirt were good for you, and delicious, then hey, why not? I’d eat it.

Also, consider that ape canines are shaper than human canines, and they don’t even go anywhere near meat. And consider that chimpanzees do eat meat. Looking to animals as a guide of what to eat is like looking to animals as a guide about where to go to the bathroom!

I’ve also read articles that claim the opposite — that acidosis is in fact not a result of meat consumption. Every personal trainer contradicts every other personal trainer, I’m afraid. Some claim that certain nutrients are to be found only in meat. I wouldn’t know, and in this propaganda war on either side, it takes a lot of effort to cut through the marketing.

When it comes to selecting a ball as your chair, you would still use the same guidelines, however, of course you would have to make adjustments if your ball seems too small for the height of your desk or too large to allow you to keep your legs underneath the desk.
Make sure that the ball allows you to keep your feet on the ground for balance.
One last thing: the firmer the ball is, the more your body is working to keep proper posture. And that’s a good thing! . Any other questions just let me know. Olivia

Thanks!
L