If you’ve been eating meat ever since you can remember, cutting it from your diet can feel like scaling a savory, juicy, tender mountain.
But healthy eating proponents proposed a way to cut back on meat consumption—to go “meatless” once-a-week, preferably every Monday.
The Meatless Monday campaign is originally a nonprofit initiative of The Monday Campaigns, which was developed in association with the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland, USA. It became a growing global advocacy that eventually made its way to the Philippines in 2011.
Here at home, the campaign is supported by the Nutritionist-Dietitians’ Association of the Philippines which underscored the health benefits in its position paper in support to the Meatless Monday Motivational Campaign of House Bill 6311, which should be passed into law will “lessen the risks of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and obesity.”
Canned food brand Jolly’s version of Meatless Monday aims to promote healthy eating habits at home by motivating individuals, especially home cooks and mothers to conveniently add a meat-free dish to their weekly routine once a week.
“Jolly has always been an advocate of healthy eating,” says Fly Ace Corporation group product manager for Canned Fruits and Vegetables Marilou Acuna. “We believe that cooking should be a platform to revive the interest and fundamental aspects of eating right and healthy, as well as promote the knowledgeable use of choice ingredients and creative ways of cooking.”
Going on a meat-free diet can be achieved easily by incorporating non-meat options in your weekly meal plan.
One particular ingredient that can easily be incorporated in any dish is Jolly Mushrooms. Mushrooms are a rich source of L-Ergothioneine, a powerful antioxidant, which can protect the body cells from within, thus boosting one’s immune system and helping prevent future diseases such as cancers. As per tests of SGS (a leading inspection, testing and certification company), Jolly mushrooms contain an impressive 14mf of L-ergothioneine per 400g can.