Eamonn Holmes has opened up on becoming more "conscious" of his diet in recent years, admitting he is "getting older".Discussing his lifestyle on GB News, the Breakfast anchor admitted to considering eating "less meat" due to his "fondness" of the animals.FULL STORY HERE.
00:00How do we know the difference? Vegetarians are more power hungry than meat eaters. How do we know that?
00:05Well, this is a survey that's done by the University of Warsaw, basically.
00:10And vegetarians, I don't eat meat and I haven't done for a long time,
00:13I have this sort of like tree huggy, we're all kind and lovely.
00:16Miriam's still sninging about fingers.
00:19We have this reputation for being all nice and cuddly and tree huggy and we love animals.
00:23But this survey has proven that we are more power hungry and aggressive and dynamic than people that eat meat.
00:31Evidently.
00:32So vegetarianism is a political statement then?
00:35Yeah, absolutely, yeah.
00:37You know, as I said, vegetarians have a greater desire to wield power more than their meat eating counterparts.
00:44I mean, you like a sausage, don't you, Biggin?
00:45I like a sausage, but I have gone off meat per se, funnily enough, as I'm getting older.
00:50I think there are, you know, it takes a lot of eating a piece of meat, if you part of the expression.
00:57And the older you get, the more you find that it takes a lot of meat.
01:00Yeah, exactly.
01:02I must admit, I have more of a conscience about eating meat as I get older.
01:07Yeah.
01:08And that's a fondness of animals brings that.
01:11And have you ever go on Instagram and you look at cows and horses and pigs?
01:16They're wonderful.
01:17They're all affectionate and incredible.
01:18They're gorgeous.
01:19They're gorgeous, yeah?
01:20And there we are, putting it into our mouths.
01:22What do you think about the move to enforce vegetarianism on people, though?
01:26Because, especially in schools and some universities, there's this trend for meat-free Monday, where there's this enforced absence of meat on children.
01:33I think it's ridiculous to let kids eat what they want to be honest with.
01:36Within reason, obviously, a healthy diet, da-da-da-da-da-da.
01:38But, no, I think, you know, I don't eat meat, the husband eats meat.
01:41It's not an issue.
01:42Eat what you want.
01:43But I think that the fact that they're trying to force this into schools, let kids' experiment give them a vegetarian option.
01:50Yes.
01:50Let them see what they're just options.
01:52It has just become political.
01:54And also, there's a lot of misinformation out there.
01:56So, I know children are often told that eating meat is terrible for the environment, but importing avocados thousands of miles is also terrible for the environment.
02:04But also, I mean, a lot of vegetarian meals, certainly processed vegetarian meals, have got a load of salt and fat and sugar in them.
02:11So, they're actually worse for you than eating a lean piece of meat.
02:13I think the tide is turning now because the new trend amongst young people, particularly young men, is protein.
02:18Chicken, breasts, tuna, that's the new trend, to get as much protein in them as possible.
02:23It's very difficult to do when you're vegetarian.
02:25Well, unfortunately, processed food in general, microwave meals and whatever, should just all be banned.
02:31Yeah, I agree.
02:31They're just poisonous food.
02:32They're absolutely ghastly.
02:34And we take them on the basis that, oh, this has got low calories, this should be good for me, whatever it is.
02:38And we are sold a lie that we think is great for us, instead it's poisonous with salt and sugar.
02:43There was a brilliant survey recently about processed meals and about which had the most salt in them.
02:48And the worst offender was Jamie Oliver's ready meal.
02:51I mean, yeah, the turkey twizzler guy, I mean, but his ready meals were full of salt.
02:55It was a survey about which or something or other, about which had the most salt in them.
