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KeithF6250
KeithF6250 Posts: 321 Member
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Sometimes I am amazed that I have been reading Scientific American for more than 55 years but postings like this keep me going back.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-almost-everything-dean-ornish-says-about-nutrition-is-wrong/

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  • totaloblivia
    totaloblivia Posts: 1,164 Member
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    Good article
  • MistressPi
    MistressPi Posts: 514 Member
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    Ha ha, love it! TYVM.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
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    Great article, thank you for sharing.
  • tlmeyn
    tlmeyn Posts: 369 Member
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    great!

  • Twibbly
    Twibbly Posts: 1,065 Member
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    I knew I'd like it just from the title.
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
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    Haha, that looks a lot like what I posted in the thread that linked to Ornish's op-ed a couple of weeks ago. :D

    Hey Melinda, you part of this group and we just didn't know it? ;)
  • DianaElena76
    DianaElena76 Posts: 1,241 Member
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    Twibbly wrote: »
    I knew I'd like it just from the title.

    This. :)
  • Sajyana
    Sajyana Posts: 518 Member
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    My husband subscribes to the Scientific American magazine. I'll keep an eye on it more closely now. ;)
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    edited April 2015
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    A 2010 systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies found consumption of processed meat was associated with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease but eating unprocessed red meat was not. A 2014 meta-analysis similarly reported much higher mortality risks associated with processed meat compared with red meat consumption and found no problems associated with white meat.

    Is bacon considered processed meat? Uh oh.

    I think this is the 2014 study:
    http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/179/3/282.long

    “Processed meat” was defined as any meat preserved by smoking, salting, curing, or by the addition of chemical preservatives, such as bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, or ham.

    Bacon! Ahhhhhh!
  • Keliandra
    Keliandra Posts: 170 Member
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    wabmester wrote: »
    A 2010 systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 studies found consumption of processed meat was associated with an increased risk of diabetes and heart disease but eating unprocessed red meat was not. A 2014 meta-analysis similarly reported much higher mortality risks associated with processed meat compared with red meat consumption and found no problems associated with white meat.

    Is bacon considered processed meat? Uh oh.

    I think this is the 2014 study:
    http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/179/3/282.long

    “Processed meat” was defined as any meat preserved by smoking, salting, curing, or by the addition of chemical preservatives, such as bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, or ham.

    Bacon! Ahhhhhh!

    Does that mean no bacon or salami?? :s
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    edited April 2015
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    YOLO!

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  • Sajyana
    Sajyana Posts: 518 Member
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    The bacon I can get my hands on is woodsmoked by the butcher and then sliced.

    I don't consider any bacon to be processed. It's cured, not processed. ;)

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