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Very well said… besides, if I can’t eat red meat what’s the point in living? ;-)

Very well said… besides, if I can’t eat red meat what’s the point in living? ;-)

Although I gave up red meat a few years ago because whenever I ate it, my arms went into nighttime spasms of acute pain and painful numbness in two fingers, and within days of abstaining the pain went away mysteriously, I do agree with you on the lack of controls as well as common sense. It’s like the Western world has lost all sense of proportion and clear thinking where food is concerned. It’s frightful to know that many will be discussing giving up red meat and siting this study you linked to directly. Oy!

Although I gave up red meat a few years ago because whenever I ate it, my arms went into nighttime spasms of acute pain and painful numbness in two fingers, and within days of abstaining the pain went away mysteriously, I do agree with you on the lack of controls as well as common sense. It’s like the Western world has lost all sense of proportion and clear thinking where food is concerned. It’s frightful to know that many will be discussing giving up red meat and siting this study you linked to directly. Oy!

Year 11-12 for me. People have no idea the health benefits of cutting out meat. not to mention the cost!

Year 11-12 for me. People have no idea the health benefits of cutting out meat. not to mention the cost!

Marco – haha, amen!

Stacerella – yikes! yeah, I think I would avoid anything that I thought induced night spasms, too…

Uncle Ray – although I absolutely respect your choices, the message is kinda the opposite of what I am trying to convey… there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the health benefits are actually based on eating less meat. The benefits are just as likely to be associated with other variables, i.e. eating more vegetables… which you can do, and eat your meat, too. The problem with dietary studies, is that they are endlessly multi-factoral, and you cannot eat less of one thing without eating more of another. I am just trying to point out that a correlation is by no means the same as a causal relationship.

Some of the healthiest, longest living populations on earth eat red meat on a regular basis. I think we need to spend more energy on enjoying food than on stressing and making rules about it.

Marco – haha, amen!

Stacerella – yikes! yeah, I think I would avoid anything that I thought induced night spasms, too…

Uncle Ray – although I absolutely respect your choices, the message is kinda the opposite of what I am trying to convey… there is no conclusive evidence to prove that the health benefits are actually based on eating less meat. The benefits are just as likely to be associated with other variables, i.e. eating more vegetables… which you can do, and eat your meat, too. The problem with dietary studies, is that they are endlessly multi-factoral, and you cannot eat less of one thing without eating more of another. I am just trying to point out that a correlation is by no means the same as a causal relationship.

Some of the healthiest, longest living populations on earth eat red meat on a regular basis. I think we need to spend more energy on enjoying food than on stressing and making rules about it.

This “study” is a joke. They compared two extremes and the researcher himself called the added risks “modest” and it is full of common sense that anyone should know. I guess we’re supposed to take it seriously due to the quantity of participants but they don’t even delve into the socio-economic status of the participants. He also stated that people had to go off memory of what they ate?? Talk about a waste of money…..looks to me like more “global warming” bs and propaganda. I guess this study is meant mainly for the “Sheeple” as I like to call them (see PETA supporters/morons). Anyone knows that most things are fine IN MODERATION and that some lean meat can prevent chronic disease when eaten as part of a balanced diet.

What we need is a study showing how the crap we feed these animals is the biggest detriment to our health and probably contributes to most of the health issues. I’ll be watching for the next “study”…….”Too much of (insert food) increases mortality risk.”

This “study” is a joke. They compared two extremes and the researcher himself called the added risks “modest” and it is full of common sense that anyone should know. I guess we’re supposed to take it seriously due to the quantity of participants but they don’t even delve into the socio-economic status of the participants. He also stated that people had to go off memory of what they ate?? Talk about a waste of money…..looks to me like more “global warming” bs and propaganda. I guess this study is meant mainly for the “Sheeple” as I like to call them (see PETA supporters/morons). Anyone knows that most things are fine IN MODERATION and that some lean meat can prevent chronic disease when eaten as part of a balanced diet.

What we need is a study showing how the crap we feed these animals is the biggest detriment to our health and probably contributes to most of the health issues. I’ll be watching for the next “study”…….”Too much of (insert food) increases mortality risk.”

I’m not a big meat eater, but that said, I’m always skeptical of publications like this. Chances are, they looked at people who ONLY ate red meat or something. Well, duh, everything in moderation is a good motto to live by. Oy, I hate that these publications create such hype!

I’m not a big meat eater, but that said, I’m always skeptical of publications like this. Chances are, they looked at people who ONLY ate red meat or something. Well, duh, everything in moderation is a good motto to live by. Oy, I hate that these publications create such hype!

Junkfoodscience covered this “study”, too. Just another data dredge.

Someone hand me a steak… I’m hankering for some red meat! ;-)

Junkfoodscience covered this “study”, too. Just another data dredge.

Someone hand me a steak… I’m hankering for some red meat! ;-)

Indeed yes – well said and thanks for saying it! We are evolved to eat meat after all – though not to eat a lot of the rubbish that modern life happily calls food! If you trace our diet back to what we ‘originally’ developed to eat, it is interesting to note that the things NOT on that list corresponds very strongly to the things that cause the most allergic reactions and intolerances – like milk and wheat (bread) etc. There’s a certain sense in that, when you consider how fast humanity has developed and changed its diets. We started making bread – we started cooking things that were inedible like grains and beans – etc etc. Those are the new things we have to deal with, it seems. Meat in itself seems one of the grand originals and always seems a positive thing to me! And that’s where the argument begins with those who have somehow convinced themselves, thanks to the fast food horrors maybe and to reports like you are referring to, that it is something intrinsically evil.

Indeed yes – well said and thanks for saying it! We are evolved to eat meat after all – though not to eat a lot of the rubbish that modern life happily calls food! If you trace our diet back to what we ‘originally’ developed to eat, it is interesting to note that the things NOT on that list corresponds very strongly to the things that cause the most allergic reactions and intolerances – like milk and wheat (bread) etc. There’s a certain sense in that, when you consider how fast humanity has developed and changed its diets. We started making bread – we started cooking things that were inedible like grains and beans – etc etc. Those are the new things we have to deal with, it seems. Meat in itself seems one of the grand originals and always seems a positive thing to me! And that’s where the argument begins with those who have somehow convinced themselves, thanks to the fast food horrors maybe and to reports like you are referring to, that it is something intrinsically evil.

For me, take a small quantity of red meat should be ok, hey how do we live without it. I mean it much-much better than taking a pork (pig meat) right? that not good for your health also. A little quantity is better than never.Is like your fasting for years without taking carbonate drink like Pepsi etc.

For me, take a small quantity of red meat should be ok, hey how do we live without it. I mean it much-much better than taking a pork (pig meat) right? that not good for your health also. A little quantity is better than never.Is like your fasting for years without taking carbonate drink like Pepsi etc.