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     Film_fan Megastar Username: Film_fan Post Number: 20735 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.138.131.153 Rating: N/A |
How many of them ate processed red meat in the past generation? I guess it boils down to the fact that organic red meat is healthy to eat compared to the processed red meat. -- ok got the point.....IT is processed red meat...... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle | ||
| Ashton Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 15231 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 50.7.12.2 Rating: N/A |
Will do, thanks. How many of them ate processed red meat in the past generation? I guess it boils down to the fact that organic red meat is healthy to eat compared to the processed red meat. | ||
| Rajusk Hero Username: Rajusk Post Number: 19214 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 192.234.99.11 Rating: N/A |
but people centuries back might not have been eating genetically modified red meat...they might have ate..Cows that ate that grazed on Grass but not Corn meal like today | ||
| Film_fan Megastar Username: Film_fan Post Number: 20734 Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.138.131.153 Rating: N/A |
i dont eat loads of red meat...but people have been eating for centuries.....and earlier generations had longer lifes too....in west....except for war casualties.... I know vegetarians suffering from deficiency of Iron anemia......too..... excess of anything is dangerous.... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle | ||
| Rajusk Hero Username: Rajusk Post Number: 19210 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 192.234.99.11 Rating: N/A |
Watch Forks over Knives Documentary in Netflix. | ||
| Ashton Hero Username: Ashton Post Number: 15230 Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 50.7.12.2 Rating: N/A |
Those juicy burgers and sizzling steaks may look innocent enough (not to mention temptingly tasty), but they could be driving meat eaters to an early death. It’s no secret that red meat can be harmful to our health — while high in protein, it’s also packed with fats that can contribute to heart disease and diabetes and other compounds that can promote cancer. Now researchers led by An Pan at the Harvard School of Public Health quantify how eating red meat can hasten death, and, perhaps more importantly, how substituting it with other forms of protein, such as fish and chicken, can counteract that deadly effect. Reporting in the Archives of Internal Medicine, lead author Pan studied more than 121,000 doctors and nurses enrolled in two large studies that tracked the health professionals’ eating and lifestyle habits, as well as their health outcomes — including incidence of heart disease, stroke, cancer and death — for up to 22 years. When he and his colleagues parsed the data by how much red meat the participants ate, they found that an additional single serving of meat a day (about the size of a deck of cards) contributed to a 13% increased risk of dying, and an added serving of processed red meat a day (a hot dog or two slices of bacon) increased the risk of dying during the study period by 20%. Much of that risk was due to heart problems; on average, a daily serving of red meat boosted the risk of heart disease death by around 19.5%, and the risk of dying from cancer by 13%. (Cooking red meat can release nitrosamines, which have been linked to an elevated risk of developing cancer, as has increased exposure to the iron found in red meats.) (MORE: Tips for a Healthy, Cancer-Free BBQ) Overall, according to the more than two decades of data that Pan and his team collected, about 9.3% of the deaths among the men and 7.6% of the deaths among the women in the study could have been avoided if the participants ate 42 g of red meat a day, or less than half a serving. But instead of merely documenting how harmful red meat can be for the body, Pan decided to see how healthier alternatives, such as fish, chicken, nuts and whole grains, stack up against steaks and burgers. And the numbers may be revealing enough to finally help some of us make the switch. Overall, substituting one serving a day of red meat with one of these other sources of protein lowered the risk of dying over two decades by up to 19%: chicken or whole grains each reduced the risk by 14% while nuts lowered the risk by 19%. “We should move to a more plant-based diet,” senior author Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, told HealthDay. “This can substantially reduce the risk of chronic disease and the risk of premature death.” (MORE: Should We All Be Vegetarians?) That’s certainly going to be challenging since the average American downs 65 lb. (30 kg) of pork and beef, respectively, every year. And not everyone is convinced by the results, including, not surprisingly, those in the meat industry. “Research clearly shows that choosing lean beef as part of a healthful diet is associated with improved overall nutrient intake, overall diet quality and positive health outcomes,” Shalene McNeill, a dietitian and executive director of nutrition research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, told HealthDay. ”Overall, lifestyle patterns including a healthy diet and physical activity, not consumption of any individual food, have been shown to affect mortality.” Still, says Dr. Dean Ornish of the University of California, San Francisco, and a longtime proponent of lower-fat diets as the strongest weapon in preventing chronic diseases, the study provides convincing evidence that choosing the right alternatives to eating red meat might help us live healthier and longer lives. “What we include in our diet is as important as what we exclude, so substituting healthier foods for red meat provides a double benefit to our health,” he wrote in an editorial accompanying the study. Maybe the key to eating healthier isn’t focusing on what we’re giving up, but on what we’re gaining in terms of our health instead. Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/13/just-how-unhealthy-is- that-steak-the-deadly-dangers-of-eating-red-meat/#ixzz1p044P KF7 |
