But one of my dark secrets is patience. In the 70s, mom tried to quit red meat cold-turkey and didn't last one menstrual cycle, and I learned it's consistent among most women, that they are one period away from running down an elk in the woods in bloodlust.

So I'm only ever a week at most before someone nearby goes STEAK! TODAY! and we're feasting once again on the fresh, sautéd flesh of dead animals.

I have high hopes for cultured meat (lab-grown chicken is on the verge of hitting the restaurant supply market) which will serve the cruelty factor. Nutrition balancing is a whole 'nother matter.

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a weird comment.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I get that a lot.

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nah, I am a woman and stopped eating meat when I was 9 years old. I still got my periods in puberty and still have them regularly so that sadly did not work out for me.

[–] Uriel238@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of periods ceasing due to a lack of red meat, though yes, I'd imagine that would be a great incentive.

Only that among women in my close proximity (close enough that I could glean their cycles) that a lot of them would have ferocious meat cravings once a month that enabled my own red meat habits, so that even when beef prices jumped, and we had economic reasons to cut down, meat would be on the menu again.