Re: Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat

[Guest guest]

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> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/28brod.html

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> Personal Health - Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat - NYTimes.com

> Source: www.nytimes.com

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> A new study shows that red meat has had a severe impact on our health

> and longevity.

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> Jeff

The article states, " A question that arises from observational studies like this

one is whether meat is in fact a hazard or whether other factors associated with

meat-eating are the real culprits in raising death rates. "

Based on all of the medical literature I've read, both widely publicized and

not, I'd be willing to wager that red meat and processed meat consumption is

directly correlated to the consumption of:

1. grains, processed in particular

2. sugar

3. trans-fatty acids as present in manufactured " food products "

....and the risk comes from those 3 factors, not from the meat per se.

I have no doubt that farmed meat is far worse for you than free-range hormone

and antibiotic free stuff, HOWEVER, I think it still might be less bad for you

than the 3 items I list above.

YMMV.

in Albuquerque

[Guest guest]

> >>>1. grains, processed in particular

> >>>>2. sugar

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> Maybe, but many who eat higher meat diets actually avoid grains and

> sugars (carbs) as they follow low carb diets.

This study seemed to look at a " high meat " diet as one of normal western

cultures, not the extreme low-carbers or Paleo types.

> >>>3. trans-fatty acids as present in manufactured " food products "

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> Yes, but this is a separate issue.

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> While wild game may have some advantages over farm raised animals,

> the issues of saturated fat, cholesterol, lack of fiber, HCAA, remain.

I am hoping to continue to help the exposure of the facts about saturated fat

and cholesterol in particular. To whit:

http://www.fathead-movie.com/?page_id=4

http://www.musclehack.com/the-saturated-fat-cholesterol-myth-destroyed/

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/foodlaw/2008/03/saturated-fat-c.html

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/40/Saturated-Fats-Cholesterol-and-Hea\

rt-Disease

I have learned too much about the funding sources of the AMA, USDA, FDA, AHA,

etc, etc to trust much of what they say about what is proper to eat.

The movie Fat Head (semi-referenced in my first link above) is a somewhat

amateurish film production but full of great info and worth watching for that

reason alone. It was made as a counterpoint to Super Size Me, and goes head on

against many dietary myths.

Thanks for reading.

, in the Duke City