 ali may god be pleased with him used to say eat meat for it causes meat to grow. omar bin alkhattab used to say eat meat for it is the tree of the arabs from which meat grows due to the abundance of meat in it.
وكان علي رضي الله عنه يقول كلوا اللحم فإنه ينبت اللحم. وكان عمر بن الخطاب يقول كلوا اللحم فإنها شجرة العرب التي تنبت منها لكثرة أكلها باللحم.