Posted on 03/22/2021 6:35:12 AM PDT by mylife
E ating processed meats such as bacon every day could increase the risk of dementia by 44 per cent, a new study has found.
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, examined nearly half a million people with an average age of around 57, who had signed up to the UK Biobank project.
The findings showed eating 25g of processed meat — the equivalent of one bacon rasher — raises the risk of dementia by 44 per cent.
Meat-eating has previously been linked to dementia risk, but the researchers believe that this is the first study of its kind to find a link between the amount of meat consumed and the chance of developing the disease.
Huifeng Zhang, of the University of Leeds, who led the study, said: "Worldwide, the prevalence of dementia is increasing and diet as a modifiable factor could play a role.
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I tried to take that one a month ago. Sick as a dog. Just can’t do it. I must be allergic to a lot of meds.
So far the only thing that works to keep it below 200 is lots and lots of exercise and being sickly skinny. Until my foot is usable again, exercise is out. In order to get below 120 pounds without hard exercise I have to literally starve myself. We have resorted to Metamucil twice a day.
Strange how tubs of margarine now have “plant butter” on the labels. The contents haven’t changed, just the liberal environut name.
Agreed.
Bacon in the UK is NOT what we call bacon.
If anyone is familiar with Canadian Bacon, that is what they call bacon.
More like thin sliced ham.
“Rasher”. English English. Simply a slice of bacon prior to cooking. Usually qualified by type (back, streaky, smoked etc)
Your LDL is over 200? That is quite high. I think >70 triggers medication. Perhaps ask your Doc about low carb? Low carb is what helped me get lipids under control. My total cholesterol is 97 and LDL is 45. Those numbers have not varied for over 3 years now.
IMO, the medical community is still clinging to the fallacy that dietary fat = high cholesterol. Every time I go to the Doc, they still ask me “do you eat a low cholesterol diet?” “No ma’am.” Funny thing, they are all about lab numbers until you achieve them without following their advice.
It is almost certainly pure correlation causation confusion.
My genius farmer friend who died in Australia at 102, ate bacon almost every breakfast since he was 15.
That is purely anecdotal, but I suspect it is as valid as this "study".
Dang!
Also heard somewhere that eating bacon with a rash would increase the risk of longer-lasting erections by 44%...
Wouldn't that be a bitch!
I have a great aunt, who ate bacon with one fried egg, every morning....for decades. She lived to be 95, with complete mental faculties, up until the very end.
This might explain Uncle Joe. All those years in Washington, all that pork....
"Get thee behind me, Satan!
What a pantload
I’m doomed.🤔
Written by some %^%$$$^$^ vegan.
“That is NOT Bacon!”
I don’t even allow “pre-cooked” bacon in my house (that you throw in the microwave to warm up).
The only deviation I do with raw bacon is either cooking it in a pan or on broil in the oven.
Confucius say “Naked man should not fry bacon in pan”.
That we agree on, I like mine over easy, so I can sop up the yoke with a biscuit. At 72 you aren’t changing my eating habits, I just eat less. Hubby is worse as he is 80. Just plain old fashioned common Southern cooking. Both of us are the meat and potato type.
No, my total cholesterol is over 200. I might have mixed that up. Borderline high TOTAL cholesterol is 200-239. High total cholesterol is 240 or over. Mine falls around 230 when I’m not exercising and a little below 200 when I am. Now, your HDL should be high to be good. Mine is 60+. It’s supposed to be 40-60+. My Triglycerides are normal. That’s the one that goes high when you eat too many carbs. I don’t eat red meat, sugary stuff, chips, cookies, or anything good. Any way you look at it, the LDL is running my total up. The LDL is the only one that is genetically bad in my case. A friend of mine with the same genetic condition said that there is a coronary calcium x-ray you can do to check your heart. Her heart is clear so she doesn’t worry about her LDL. Her Triglycerides and HDL are both good too.
There is a heart disease ratio that figures all of those together to give you your heart disease risk. It’s supposed to be between 0-5.0. I’m a 3.5 so I’m OK but not great.
It gets a lot better when I’m able to walk and ride the bike, which I haven’t been able to do in two years. My PT says she can get me back to riding and walking short distances but it will take a while. None of my ultrasounds have shown any buildup in the arteries.
Uh oh, looks like Doctor Jill will be forbidding BLT’s at the White House.
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