Growing up, my mom insisted we did not eat meat on Friday.

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In our household we eat more chicken and less red meat than we used to.

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent: This study says metabolic syndrome is a problem in the United States because of the way we eat: lots of red meat, lots of processed meat, and too much fried food.

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Bourdain argues we're designed by evolution to eat meat.

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It is clear, however, that meat-free and meat-substitute meals make up more and more of what we eat.

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And I want to eat better, and eat better meat, meat that's not been factory farmed, once we get out of Lent.

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