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Another study about how Red Meat is going to kill us

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  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    crazyycatladyy1 wrote: »
    Well, maybe-

    http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2017/05/17/red-meat-eaters-may-have-higher-risk-dying-from-these-9-diseases.html

    actual study-
    http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1957

    I've recently switched to a more whole foods, plant based diet with fish almost daily, (loosely basing my woe on one of the blue zones right now). I'm focused on adding certain things to my diet, (veggies, whole grains, beans, fish etc), and have reduced my meat consumption to balance these additions, (only so many hours and calories in the day). I still eat beef around 1 time a week, have completely eliminated pork except for the occasional bacon, and the biggest reduction has actually been chicken-I've pretty much swapped the daily chicken I was eating with fish. It would seem that I'm on the right track, barring the chicken reduction, but who knows.

    Thoughts on the study?

    eta: edited for clarity

    Ahhh ... but what a way to go! :smiley: I have London Broil waiting for me at home. :wink: Seriously, though, for a person with iron issues, beef is the easiest way to fix it. Iron from plant sources is not absorbed as readily.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    saintor1 wrote: »
    I limited my meat intake to a point that thanks to MFP I realized that my protein intake was too low.

    If you want to, you can get lots of protein without eating meat.
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