I've been trying to keep an eye on what kinds of meats I eat. Thankfully ATL is a big city and there are places you can buy non-antibiotic chicken, beef, and pork. Most of the fish I eat here is no more than 1 mile from where it was caught
I'm a BIG milk drinker and having a history of osteoporosis, I plan on staying that way. If I'm around a TJs I'll buy their organic skim, but otherwise usually the local skim.
My grandfather "retired" from owning a large snack food industry and buying a cattle farm so we've really been eating junk forever. Everyone who dies a natural death has been well into their 80's or 90's and there has never been any cancer on either side of the family. My maternal uncle had a heart attack at 45 but he was a VERY heavy smoker and beer drinker. He's stopped both, that was 20 years ago and he's fine now. Plays golf every day too.
My blood pressure is so low that when it was even slightly elevated my stepmother pointed out in the ER that they needed to really start moving because that just wasn't normal for me - she was 100% correct.
I think you should pick the lifestyle YOU like and live it. If you like meat, eat it. Sometimes nothing says "YUM" like being hosed off after pigging out at a BBQ
If you're a vegan or vegetarian, more power to you.
My sister has been a vegetarian since she was five. Right now she's in the middle of a "raw fast" where she can only eat raw or lightly steamed foods. What amazed me was that the other night she had two HUGE plates of beets, turnips, kale, asparagus, and some sort of lemon sauce which is the only seasoning she can use. Within 20 minutes she was hungry again. My Thai shrimp w/rice kept me full until the next AM