Red meat is blamed for one in 10 early deaths (PANIC !!!!)

telegraph uk ^ | 3/12/2012 | By Rebecca Smith

[tobyhill]

Small quantities of processed meat such as bacon, sausages or salami can increase the likelihood of dying by a fifth, researchers from Harvard School of Medicine found. Eating steak increases the risk of dying by 12%.

The study found that cutting the amount of red meat in peoples’ diets to 1.5 ounces (42 grams) a day, equivalent to one large steak a week, could prevent almost one in 10 early deaths in men and one in 13 in women.

The scientists said that the government’s current advice that people should eat no more than 2.5 ounces (70 grams) a day, around around the level the average Briton already consumes, was “generous”.

[USS Alaska]

Sounds like a good night to have steak.

I have a three pound London Broil that is going on the grill tonight for dinner. Add a couple of pounds of sauteed Portabella mushrooms some green beans and baked potatoes, and eat until you take a nap.

[Liz]

What a way to go:

Grilled prime beef and broiled lobster tail dinner.

WHAT IS “PRIME” BEEF? WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? Prime beef is aged from 21 to 35 days, which adds 1000% more flavor to the steak. There is a U.S.D.A. Inspector present at the beef plant that hand selects the prime beef from the rest. There are 8 quality grades of beef. U.S. Prime is the highest in the scale. The grade designation assigned to a side of beef is determined by evaluation of sex characteristics, maturity, the quality of lean muscle and the degree of marbeling present in the steak. Prime beef is less than 2% of all the cattle processed in the United States. This specific type of cattle is fed a balanced ration of grain, specifically corn. Corn is what gives the meat marbeling, tenderness, and taste. (Lion's Den Steakhouse, Pompano Beach, Fla).

[Joe the Pimpernel]

Excessive government regulation is the cause of one in three deaths.

[Liz]

No bacon? That's a laugh.

Chicken Fried Bacon / Sausage Gravy Dip
Another reason why America will ALWAYS be on top. The beautiful, greasy details:

Chicken fried bacon consists of bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried, like chicken fried steak. It is an American dish that was introduced in the early 1990s. Frank Sodolak of Sodolak’s Original Country Inn in Snook, Texas, is credited as having invented it. It is usually served as an appetizer with a white “country” or cream gravy for dipping and sauce….

In recent years, the dish has made its way across America and it is served in Chicago at the Risque Cafe in Lake View.…and Jake’s Dixie Roadhouse, Waltham, Massachusetts......…lovers of fried bacon speak passionately about its qualities: “The moment when the crackle of the crust gives way to the fatty, salty taste of the pork is truly transcendent.” …Jane Hurley, senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C., stated she’s “never heard of anything worse.”

[hdbc]

It’s grains that are extremely bad for us. I’m currently reading The Paleo Solution, by Robb Wolf. According to the author, the havoc brought about by grains, even whole grains, is the cause of many autoimmune diseases and the epidemic of diabetes and heart disease. It seems that Atkins was right all along, carbohydrates, and not protein and fat should be limited in the diet. The carbs you do eat should come from green leafy vegetables and not bread, pasta, sugar.

[dalereed]

Red meat with every meal!!!!

If it doesn’t bleed after it’s cooked it ain’t fit to eat!

[Pharmboy]

Whenever a study like this (an observational rather than a prospective controlled trial) finds beneficial news for a vitamin or mineral, the MSM almost always says something like “...but this has not been proven in the gold standard of a double blind clinical trial.” However, they NEVER say this when something bad is found for something good, like steak.

[New Jersey Realist]

Wow, this is getting me really excited for a fat, juicy cheeseburger for lunch today - I’ll have french fries to counter the effect of the red meat though!!!! I just wish people would leave these studies alone - just like political pols. I’m sick and tired of both because you can get a study or a pol to say ANYTHING you want. People with agenda’s cannot be trusted.

[txmissy]

I really want to try some grass-fed beef, but dang it’s expensive!

[Eepsy]

I’ve been eating 95% paleo since the beginning of February, after a blood sugar scare. I’ve gone from 192lbs to 173 (still losing, too), I’ve stopped nodding off every time I sit down for more than five minutes, and my patience has drastically improved. My blood pressure, which was always around 98/65, has remained 98/65, only I no longer faint when I stand up too quickly. Colour me well pleased....

[Sans-Culotte]

I try to avoid all foods that come with a list of ingredients.

It's difficult to avoid them altogether if you ever buy lunch meat. Though they are beginning to sell "nitrite free" meats and hot dogs, etc.

[FES0844]

Thank you! I’m getting out my Bible to read up on Timothy.
Look up!

[DTogo]

In an accompanying editorial Dr Dean Ornish, of the University of California, San Francisco, said that eating less red meat could also help tackle climate change. He said: “In addition to their health benefits, the food choices we make each day affect other important areas as well. What is personally sustainable is globally sustainable. What is good for you is good for our planet.”

FAIL

[The_Reader_David]

I heard a very badly done report about this study on NPR and found it so funny I had to call my wife:

At one point it was asserted that eating red meat daily “increased the risk of death by 30%” !!!

(Someone at NPR needs a grade-school level course in statistics.)

To be fair, they had shortly before mentioned some disease for which the study found a higher incidence of among daily consumers of red meat, and presumably meant a 30% increase in the risk of death from that disease, but that’s not what they said.

[rxtn41]

Large filet and cooked RARE

[FatherofFive]

It's difficult to avoid them altogether if you ever buy lunch meat.

I stopped buying lunch meats. I just buy more when I cook meals, and use the leftovers ad lunch meats. Pork loins, chicken, all types of beef slice up nicely for a sandwich and tastes much better. The kids love them too.

It does take a bit more time, but it is worth it.

[Pollster1]

Sounds like a good night to have steak.

I always celebrate stories like this with a large rib eye steak or prime rib. It's nice of the PETA leftists to remind us of life's many pleasures - which conservatives pay for ourselves instead of whining to Congress that someone needs to pay for our physical pleasure.

[Liz]

The new Book, “Wheat Belly,” also documents the evils of grains-—including weight gain and triggering allergies.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I’m thinkin steak and eggs. LOL!

[Yaelle]

Mixing apples and oranges here. Red meat from grass fed animals is very healthful for you. It even contains omega 3 fats.

Processed meat with all the crap in it is closer to poison than food in the way it promotes disease.

Fresh feedlot beef is not great for you (your grocery store beef) because of the risks that the animal was unhealthy, ate bad things, and may have been given antibiotics and hormones. But once in a while is ok.

Huge difference.