I’m not sure why – maybe it’s just human nature – but people tend to default to an all-or-nothing mentality when it comes to nutrition. When many of us hear that it’s healthier to eat less meat, for example, our brains translate that as: Stop eating meat altogether.

If that is something you want to do, I’m all for it, but it’s important to realize that you don’t need to cut out meat, or any one food, to have an overall good diet.