Posted on 07/23/2021 11:53:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
ATLANTA — Eating beef, lamb, pork and processed meats will increase your risk of coronary heart disease later in life, according to a new meta-analysis of studies on over 1.4 million people who were followed for 30 years.
Also called coronary artery disease, the condition is the leading cause of death and disability globally. It develops when fatty deposits of cholesterol create plaque buildup on the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
The risk for coronary heart disease increased as the amount of meat increased, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition.
For each 1.75 ounces/day (50 grams) of beef, lamb, and pork eaten, the risk of coronary heart disease rose 9%. A recommended serving of meat is about 3 ounces (85 grams), or about the size of a bar of soap or a deck of cards, according to the American Cancer Society.
For each 1.75 ounces/day (50 grams) of processed meats such as bacon, ham, or sausage that is consumed, the risk rose by 18%.
"Processed meat appears to be worse for coronary heart disease," said study coauthor Anika Knüppel, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford's department of population health.
"This is in line with what has been found for bowel cancer, where processed meat has been shown to be associated with higher increase in risk than red meat," Knüppel said.
Nine to 18% doesn't sound like that much of a risk? It might if you consider few people eat less than 2 ounces of red or processed meat at any meal.
Take a restaurant dinner of a typical cut of beef as an example. Filets, sirloins, strip, and rib eye steaks eaten at a steakhouse can weigh between 9 and 12 ounces (255 to 340 grams). That means you could easily consume about 5 to 7 ounces (142 to 198 grams) of beef in a single meal. Did you have bacon for breakfast? Your risk is even higher.
No issue with poultry The report also delivered some good news for carnivores: There didn't appear to be a link between eating poultry, such as chicken and turkey, and an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Considered lean meats, most types of poultry do not contain the levels of saturated fat as found in red meat, nor the high levels of sodium that are part of processed meats.
Saturated fat plays a major role in the development of plaque on the walls of the arteries, a key contributor to the blockages associated with coronary heart disease. Sodium can raise blood pressure, also restricting the flow of blood to the heart.
Switch to a plant-based diet Studies have shown the best diets to follow to reduce the risk of heart disease are plant-based. In rankings for best diet for heart health by U.S. News & World Report, the Mediterranean diet tied with the DASH diet and the Ornish diet for top honors in best heart-healthy diet.
The Ornish diet was created in 1977 by Dr. Dean Ornish, founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in California. Ornish calls the diet the only scientifically proven program to reverse heart disease in a random clinical trial without drugs or surgery. Experts have said, however, that the diet is restrictive and hard to follow.
The DASH diet is often recommended to lower blood pressure. Its premise is simple: Eat more veggies, fruits, and low-fat dairy foods while cutting way back on any food high in saturated fat and limit your intake of salt.
The meal plan includes three whole-grain products each day, four to six servings of vegetables, four to six servings of fruit, two to four servings of dairy products, and several servings each of lean meats and nuts/seeds/legumes.
Studies have shown that following this diet can reduce blood pressure in a matter of weeks.
The Mediterranean Diet took the gold medal for overall best diet in the 2021 rankings. Such high accolades are not surprising, as numerous studies have found the Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, dementia, memory loss, depression, and breast cancer. Meals from the sunny Mediterranean region have also been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart, and longer life.
The diet features simple, plant-based cooking, with the majority of each meal focused on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans, and seeds with a few nuts and a heavy emphasis on extra-virgin olive oil. Say goodbye to refined sugar and flour except on rare occasions. Fats other than olive oil, such as butter, are consumed rarely, if at all.
Meat can make a rare appearance, usually only to flavor a dish. Instead, meals may include eggs, dairy, and poultry, but in much smaller portions than in the traditional Western diet. Fish, however, is a staple.
Want to make the Mediterranean diet one of your goals this year? Get started by cooking one meal each week based on beans, whole grains, and vegetables, using herbs and spices to add punch. When one night a week is a breeze, add two, and build your nonmeat meals from there.
That only applies if there's another Mormon or Baptist with them.
Read “Wheat Belly” by Dr. William Davis. There was a massive shift in the American diet in the mid-80s (30 years ago, ironic, no?) that forced the idea that “whole grains” are healthy on the American populace. Meanwhile the incidence of heart disease, diabetes, and myriad other maladies have beset our nation like never before. The problem is not red meat. The problem is WHEAT!
Wheat is poison.
True!........................
I haven’t needed another stent after I stopped taking calcium supplements.
I haven’t eaten another steak since I had a Quad By-pass last year.......................
Propaganda by people that want to stop people from eating meat because of political reasons.
If you are looking for an actual problem, it is Sugar and a high carbohydrate, low fat diet. Exactly what they have been telling us to eat for 50 years, and we see the result.
+1.
They’re mixing live rounds with blanks.
I wonder if this is true.
God disagrees.
We can eat Cows, Deer, Elk, Goats.
Split hoof and chews it’s cud and the Almighty said we can eat it.
Specifically: dwarf wheat. It’s only been around since the 1950s.
Norman Borlaug did pretty well, but it turns out that his dwarf wheat is slowly poisoning us.
It’s not the ‘staff of life’ anymore.
Ruminant meat is probably the safest, best food on earth.
The Petersons seem to do very well on it :0)
Peruse later.
Just an excuse to republish Ansel Keys’ fraudulent research. Too much iron from red meat could cause a problem. But not fat. Switch from carbs to fat and you will go from constant doctor visits to needing to see the doctor so infrequently you forget what he looks like.
I eat everything these studies say will kill you and have zero arterial deposits. Too many are funded by vegan and environmental groups with an axe to grind.
If you are looking for an actual problem, it is Sugar and a high carbohydrate, low fat diet. Exactly what they have been telling us to eat for 50 years, and we see the result.
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AND this may even be the bigger problem: vegetable seed oils which massively screw up your Omega 6 & Omega 3 ratios. Big Food/Pharma have been ruining peoples’ health, to their $$$ gain. Gov’t is complicit (of course). Current docs (most of them) don’t know any better - taught to match symptoms to drugs rather than dealing with root causes. It’s a disaster & overall health trends show it.
If you want to read something VERY interesting, check out this article:
How the Mid-Victorians Worked, Ate and Died
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/3/1235/htm
Too much iron from red meat could cause a problem. But not fat
Most fat in beef is stearic acid. The body turns stearic acid into oleic acid (the main component of olive oil).
Vegetarians get COVID-19 too.
What blows me away is that wheat has been modified so much from the original einkorn that it’s nothing like its ancestors, and each modification made to make it heartier or more drought tolerant or resistant to insects is never tested for effects on animals or humans. It’s just accepted as a success if the modification provided the desired result.
I’ve been wheat free for 2 months and have been freed from 3 different medications, my total cholesterol is down 35 points, and I’ve dropped 22 lbs.
Why my GP takes all of these studies with a grain or rather a pound of salt. His words: 95% of these studies fake the data to come up with the predetermined result. If you look enough you will find another study that completely contradicts the one being currently touted as the final word on the subject.
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