❓Relatives keep pushing meat on me during New Year visits home — how do I handle it?

Relatives pushing meat on you is usually just their way of being a warm host, not necessarily a real challenge to your choices — so there's no need for a serious debate. A light touch actually works better, like 'Thanks, Auntie, but I'm vegetarian these days — this vegetable dish you made is really good, though.' That steers the conversation back to complimenting the actual food, which is polite without opening up a whole argument. If someone keeps asking why, a simple 'my checkups have been great eating this way, so I'm sticking with it for now' usually does the trick — you don't need to give the full nutrition-science explanation every single time. A lot of the time, people just want a reasonable-sounding answer, not to actually win an argument with you. If you run into a relative who's really persistent, give a heads-up beforehand to whoever in the family you communicate with best (like your mom) and ask them to help field it — dinner will go a lot more smoothly.