“Lies! All lies!“
After years of worrying that tucking into red meat could lead to a heart attack or cancer, you can relax and enjoy the Sunday roast, say researchers.
A report demolishes the ‘myths and misconceptions’ about the meat, saying that most people eat healthy amounts which are not linked to greater risk of disease.
Modern farming methods have cut fat levels, which can be even lower than chicken, while red meat provides high levels of vital nutrients, including iron.
A vegetarian having a Cheddar cheese salad will eat seven times more fat, pound for pound, than lean red meat contains, says a review by the British Nutrition Foundation.
I plan on celebrating this finding with a thick steak tonight.
Spark up the grill.
I eat red meat on occasion, but I also eat fish and plenty of veggies I don’t eat the crap served in fast food joints. Moderation not abstinence is the key to a long and healthy life.
Good story from the always trustworthy, “The Daily Hate”.
Shenanigans!
Well yeah of course it’s good for you. But everything in MODERATION, something that the general American public has waived bye-bye to a long time ago.
Oh thank gawd! Now I can get my big ol brain into a hat.
oh thank the lord, the last article said I should only eat veggies but this completely oppositely biased article has shown me differently tinted light. ugh.
I’ve not RTFA but I remember reading an article about a professor who only ate Twinkies for a few months and was still able to maintain and lose weight.
In the end it looks like it’s all about calories regardless of how the calories are eaten.
I’m awful proud of you Uncle Dave!
The more skeptical amongst you might care to look at the list of the ‘British Nutrition Foundation’s members – including such well known nutritional campaigners as McDs
http://powerbase.info/index.php/British_Nutrition_Foundation
I once met a vegetarian who turned carnivore after working on a cattle ranch for 2 years. She said she realized the best thing you can do to a bovine is kill it and eat it.
If you eat grass fed beef the news is good.
If you eat grain fed feed lot raised beef the news is less good. With the cost of corn doubling the cost of feed lot beef is going to go up.
Then there is the other solution – feed the cows on beef, preferably the diseases bits of cows brains you can’t use.
what could possibly go wrong ……
I agree that tucking into meat is good for you.
But you’re killing us with the tons, literally tons, of other crap you’re forcing us to eat along with red meat.
Stop it. Just STOP IT!
Dead consumers don’t consume and they certainly don’t pay.
As for Mikey Ds and the other processed meat dealers out there, the less said the better.
I still remember a skit on Laugh In” where the setup was:
The punch line was:
As a fan of the Paleo diet and lifestyle I completely agree that a diet rich in grass fed beef is wonderful. Just dump the dairy and grains and your good to go. Download the ‘Latest In Paleo’ podcast http://5by5.tv/paleo for more info.
Just like the old saying:
A cow a day keeps the doctor away.
I live in New Mexico. I’ve had range fed beef a few times. Tasty and hasn’t been fed in a feedlot.
#17 jaywontdart said, “seeing other animals as “things”, as an “it”, but as our friends”
You’re joking, right? Ever try to make a cow your best buddy? Cows are walking protein factories. They have no other reason to exist except to provide milk, veal and beef. Meanwhile, the human body is designed to consume and process flesh. Yes, we are omnivores but we are also predominantly carnivores. If you can’t consider the human digestive tract, then at least look at your teeth. Think you really need those sharp incisors for a salad? There is good evidence to suggest one of the major problems we have in the developed world is an INsufficient amount of meat in our diet. Never met a vegan I got along with. The species seems overpopulated with women who don’t shave their legs. And why do almost all vegans spend half their family income on dietary supplements? You want to be a vegan? Great, go ahead. Did wonders for Steve Jobs.
#18 Animby, what have you got against “women who don’t shave their legs?” Haven’t you ever caressed an unshaven leg? Very sensual. I guess YMMV, De gustibus non disputandum and all that.
My favorite take on red meat is from noted American philosopher Tommy Smothers:
“Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT’S bad for you!”
I guess then the 400 pound guy standing in line at Golden Corral all-u-can-eat steak station is in perfect health?
#18 Uncle Patty – The only problem I have with unshaved legs is those that are -periodically- unshaved. I shave my chin daily and, if you’re gonna shave your legs, you ought to consider the same schedule. I like my Asian ladies. They only have about three hairs per leg and seldom find the need to shave them.
#20 Rick – I’m willing to bet that 400 pounder you got stuck behind ate more potato salad and french fries and buttered buns than he did steak. Besides, unless it’s made some mighty changes in the 20 – 25 years since I last ate in a Golden Corral, that’s not real steak they serve, anyway.
Animby, when was the last time a Vegan “exploded” on you like in comment 18?
I’m sorry you have preconceptions of hairy legged Vegan women, although what the hell recognising other animals as sentient beings has to do with not shaving/naturally growing hairy legs… 🙂
Going back to this “400 pounder”, whatever the heck a “pound” is, oh, you mean the currency in the UK? About time they switched to the Euro eh, its only been around for years now! ;-P
I find it hard to imagine a 200 kilogram Vegan. People of all shapes and sizes can and are Vegan. I myself am 1.95M tall, about 90 kilograms, I used to cycle 66 kilometres a day, for over a year before time constraints reduced my spare time. I’m lean and muscular, it has nothing to do with my being Vegan, I probably *do* have a healthier diet than before while “Non Vegan”, its irrelevant.
Being Vegan does not make your legs hairy, nor cause your dick to drop off and run away. Being non Vegan does NOT mean you are instantly a “400 pounder”, yet certainly has a correlation, that you surely could not deny? How many fat ass Vegans do you know? Most of my Vegan friends are more muscular, more active than average. Some are overweight.
Talking of “we evolved to eat the corpses we found, left behind by carnivores, to scavenge”, were our asses “evolved” to sit on computer chairs for eight hours a day? Were our eyes “meant” to deal with florescent lighting?
Its as easy to be Vegan as not, just like I could wear black coloured jeans, or blue coloured jeans, its almost that easy. Its also the least other animals deserve, not to be seen as “things”, as somehow “below us”, ha, why do we feel that way? Because we grew up with it? Who decided we were the “divine beings”? I can tell you this much, it wasnt the Chickens, Cattle or Pigs! 🙂
Just yesterday I had a 30 minute conversation with someone who made a video about “annoying Vegans”, I suggested he ring me on Skype. There were some stereotypes, yes, he is a very overweight Non Vegan American, I am a thin, muscular Vegan New Zealander, but we didnt let any preconceived ideas get in our way. We had a great time, talking about our nations, and of what we found “annoying”. We’re planning to talk again soon.
When we accept people for who they are, rather than what we might imagine them to be, based on prejudice, perhaps we can all get along.
jaywontdart: I’m not from Vega (that would be Ellie Arroway), but I’m certainly interested in trying to cut down the number of cattle, one by one, as steak, ribs and hamburger, as long as the cattle continue to multiply. Pork too…as well as lamb in season.
MMMMMMeat!
Jay, you’re more than welcome to not eat meat, because that means there’s more meat for the rest of us.
# 22 jaywontdart
1) I don’t recall mentioning any exploding vegans.
2) I was going to correct your use of the world sentient but I found that vegans have corrupted the word to mean what they want it to : congratulations
3) You take pains in your comment to appear differently, but mostly you just confirm the stereotype of superiority vegans tend to exude like cheap perfume
4) Easy to be a vegan? Poop. You literally could not live in my world and be a vegan. A vegetarian, yes. A vegan, no.
lets keep it civil, we’re all longtime DU readers here, right?
1) You exploded, BOOM, about 1.21 Jiggawatts given off by my recknin’, about that one Vegan you once met “rubbed you the wrong way”. Never rub another mans rhubarb, I always say.
2) Sentient, being aware of life, have thoughts, emotions, feelings. There is no doubt that Chickens, Pigs, Cattle, Sheep… are alive, and aware.
3) I spoke plainly, if you’d like to brand me “superior”, feel free, though I wont deem you “possessing an air of inferiority”
Who the heck cares about our egos online? We are black pixels on white.
4) the most interesting question, where do you live that would make any difference v Vegan/non Vegan?
For what its worth, I live in Invercargill, New Zealand, South America aside, the bottom of the world, perhaps the southernmost Burger King, McDonalds, Subway in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercargill
My area is known for being one of the worlds leading producers of “dairy”, before that, killing Sheep, before that still? Killing Seals and Whales. Oh, but somehow the Western world has forgotten the “magic” blood on our founders hands! “those awful Japanese…”
My rural region is not known for her Vegan population. Rather than moan about it, I went and founded a local Vegan Society. Its as easy to be Vegan as not here, and the least other animals deserve.
I’d find it hard to imagine many places where it would be “harder” to be Vegan than not, although I am all ears (or eyes)
Best wishes from perhaps the worlds Southernmost Vegan Society! 🙂
I live a healthy lifestyle always watching the foods I eat. I work with La Cense Beef, and have learned first hand the benefits of eating grass fed beef. The La Cense website is a great place to get your grass fed beef online. The site also has a lot of information on the benefits of eating grass fed beef.
# 25 jay said, “lets keep it civil”
Have I been uncivil to you, sir? My, my. I do apologize.
1) You exploded … about that one Vegan” Now I see? You thought I was uncivil because you don’t read the posts accurately. There is no “one vegan [I] once met” mentioned in my post. In fact, I said I NEVER met a vegan I got along with. And, while you accuse me of being uncivil, you quote me with a fabricated lie. I never said anything about being rubbed the wrong way. And keep your rhubarb to yourself.
2) “Sentient, being aware of life, have thoughts, emotions, feelings.”
Most people think sentient means functional intelligence, consciousness of one’s situation. Ever met a cow that wondered if it would rain tomorrow? As I said, vegans have twisted the definition to suit their purposes. To claim sentience for a creature just because they are alive and aware is just about the broadest. Only broader definition would be: alive. Then what would you eat?
There is no doubt that Chickens, Pigs, Cattle, Sheep… are alive, and aware.
3) “if you’d like to brand me ‘superior’ ” See, once again, you’ve read what you wanted, not what I wrote. I never accused you of being superior only that you confirmed a stereotype. Tch, tch, tch.
4) “where do you live that would make any difference v Vegan/non Vegan?” I currently live in SE Asia. I travel a lot. The only way you could be a vegan here is prepare 100% of your food yourself. Everything is seasoned with pork or chicken or fish. Even if there’s no physical flesh in the food, they simply would not understand not being able to use fish sauce. Or maybe fish sauce would be okay? Are fish and shrimp sentient, too?
One final question: Does NZ discriminate so heartily against vegans that you had to create a society to live within? Would you let a fruitarian in? How about a vegetarian who loves cheese omelets? How about a fruitarian who owns a burger franchise?
I await your answer (and your apolgies for misquoting/misreading me). Please be civil.
jaywontdart
No reply?
I hope that it is not because of the New Zealand earthquake. Here’s hoping you and yours were far away at the time.