Posted on 08/23/2013 12:56:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Eating too much red meat could trigger Alzheimer’s, suggests new research.
Scientists found that a buildup of iron—abundant in red meat—could cause oxidant damage, to which the brain is particularly vulnerable. Researchers say this could in turn increase the risk of Alzheimer’s.
Professor George Bartzokis, of UCLA in the United States, said that more studies have suggested the disease is caused by one of two proteins, one called tau, the other beta-amyloid. …
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I will certainly take my chances on that. I do prefer red meat that is not doped up on hormones, though.Eating too much red meat could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s: Scientists warn buildup of iron may damage the brain
Everything we eat and drink is bad in some way.
I quit worrying about it some time ago. I think I’ll just go down in a blaze of glory.
Many people that have exercised, ate right, never smoked or drank...will at sometime be laying in a hospital bed dying and asking...why???
Every day I live, I’m one day closer to death. Somehow I’ve learned to live with this thought. Unfortunately, others have not come to grips with this. I will continue to eat red meat (and bacon) and enjoy life.
It could also be hell on impacted wisdom teeth.
From my cold, dead hands.
An excessive amount of parathyroid hormone causing too much calcium to be taken out of the bones and sent to the brain could damage it, too.
Why live? Why bother? We’re all going to die some day. I’ll at least enjoy a bunch of slaughtered cows before I go.
I don’t understand...
Gee.....I guess that’s why I see so many lions, tigers, cheetahs, cougars, panthers, and hyenas out there acting all addlebrained all the time.
Eggs: first good, then bad, now good again.
Salt: same thing
Red Meat: good, bad, good, bad
Blah blah blah effity effing blah.
The VERY FIRST thing a reader has the responsibility to do when they see the words “study, researchers, scientists” is to find out exactly WHO these people are, WHO they work for, and WHERE the funding for the “study” came from.
Many times, the word academician, scientist, researcher, etc. can be equated to “intellectual whore.”
If it quotes “Center for Science in the Public Interest” just stop reading.
Ha!....”Center”......for me this brings up memories....
For the last 30 odd years, I was closely aligned to higher learning establishments and got to see the intricacies, foibles, and realities of many different college units.
“Centers” are indeed a curious thing. Often, the aren’t established well enough (read long-lived, permanently funded) to become a line-unit/department of the University/College, but there is some value seen in aggregating efforts in a particularly possible lucrative issue or area.
So, these “Centers” will get arbitrarily established under and University line unit or department and left to fend for itself (e.g., grants, contracts, donations, etc.). In a lot of cases, they are only one or two people. People that usually the department doesn’t have anything else worthwhile for them to do because they can’t teach or research for crap. You then find these people just ‘out there’ publishing all sorts of studies and papers making ‘headline worthy’ claims...gotta get some sugar daddy hooked.
Lastly, then you have “Centers” that have nothing to do with a college or University. These are the political entities masquerading as academicians. Their goals are to get funds (usually from the government) to push some political agenda.
and a lot of the college centers do that too
That is certainly true, but their prime directive is FUNDING. As I implied earlier, the term “intellectual whore” is certainly operative, and most would be perfectly happy in adeptly re-concluding an earlier study for the right price. It’s politics of a sort, but really based on who with what political bent is paying.
I remember eggs were no good for you ... then it changed .. oops ... sorry ... go ahead and eat eggs...
I remember peanut butter was no good for you ... then it changed ... oops, sorry ... go ahead and eat peanut butter...
I remember coffee was no good for you ... then it changed ... oops, sorry ... go ahead and drink coffee ...
I remember butter was no good for you ... then it changed .. oops, sorry .... go ahead and eat butter ...
I remember sugar was no good for you ... then it changed ... oops, sorry ... go ahead and eat sugar ...
Moderation in all things
(what ever happened to red dye #2 and MSG ?)
and all these reports that are written about studies of studies... drives me nuts. People are studying studies and getting press coverage!
Futterneid is a German word meaning food envy. This is what a leftist vegetarian feels when a conservative carnivore feasts a big piece of red meat. A remarkable amount of food politics is nothing more than veiled futterneid.
Close your eyes and you can see the Pork Packers Of Poughkeepsie meeting with a pointy haired food nerd saying "We need a study that shows red meat bad, pork good. How much will it cost us?"
I will believe a study when the claims they are making are based on infusions of the amounts and types of offending substances are taken by the researchers themselves, and that poor little rat they’ve overdosed with a dozen/hundred lifetime’s exposure is left alone, for once.
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