Study Ties Red Meat to a Higher Risk of Death From CVD and C

Acg67

Yet another gem from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Nurses’ Health Study.

For the study, Harvard researchers delved into the diets of more than 120,000 men and women who are taking part in the long-running Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Nurses’ Health Study.

Every four years, people in the study were asked detailed questions about their eating habits. They were also asked about other health determinants like smoking and drinking, exercise, and body weight.

Men were in their early 50s, on average, when the study started. Women were in their mid-40s.

During the next 20 years, researchers found that people who ate the most red meat were more likely to die, and die of cancer or heart disease, compared to people who reported eating the fewest daily servings of beef, pork, and lamb.

Researchers estimate that a single daily 3-ounce serving of unprocessed red meat, which is about the size of a deck of playing cards, raises the risk of dying of heart disease by about 18% and raises the risk of dying of cancer by 10%.

Processed meats appear to be even more hazardous. A single daily serving of processed meats like bacon (two slices), sausage, or hot dogs (1 piece), raised the risk of dying of heart disease by 21% and dying of cancer by 16%.

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20120312/can-less-red-meat-add-up-to-longer-life?src=RSS_PUBLIC


::Patiently waits for the same people that love to correlate the rise in grain/sugar consumption with obesity to decry this study::


Note: I don't actually beleive the subject title

katiew00t

I guess I'm screwed then. I love bacon.

Sidesteal

First of all, I've been eating massive amounts of red meat almost daily for a long time now.


Second, every time I dsafdsagglb...........
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gjal............



*BONK*

*CROAK*

badgerbadger1

First of all, I've been eating massive amounts of red meat almost daily for a long time now.


Second, every time I dsafdsagglb...........
............

gjal............



*BONK*

*CROAK*

*CLUCK CLUCK CLUCK*

twinmom01

not going to go into the whole grain/sugar thing...personal preferences and what works for each person and all

but to pick out one thing and say "THIS" is the cause without taking into account a myrid of other factors...family disposition, exercise, other detrimental habits, etc...they say they do take that into account - but do they really....whose to say the people in the study were more at risk because they smoked, or were overweight or genetically had high cholesterol...

Isolt

::Patiently waits for the same people that love to correlate the rise in grain/sugar consumption with obesity to decry this study::

Well I'd say that for someone who seems to love research, your use of the search button isn't up to scratch because someone already started a thread on this waaaaaaay before you.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/524002-red-meat-can-kill

katiew00t

::Patiently waits for the same people that love to correlate the rise in grain/sugar consumption with obesity to decry this study::

Well I'd say that for someone who seems to love research, your use of the search button isn't up to scratch because someone already started a thread on this waaaaaaay before you.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/524002-red-meat-can-kill

ooo you're so bad!

treetop57

If you want to take away my bacon, you'll have to pry it out of my cold, dead, cancerous hands.

millerll

But - but - but.......

Correlation does not equal causation, right? RIGHT?????

Color me skeptical.

badgerbadger1

::Patiently waits for the same people that love to correlate the rise in grain/sugar consumption with obesity to decry this study::

Well I'd say that for someone who seems to love research, your use of the search button isn't up to scratch because someone already started a thread on this waaaaaaay before you.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/524002-red-meat-can-kill

Eat some dill pickle chips, you'll feel better.

HendersonDavid

This study didn't approve anything that wasn't already known. Red meat is unhealthy to a degree. That why Everyone everywhere loves the saying, "Everything in Moderation". Why do you think so many people in the fitness realm rotate the types of protein sources they consume?

Anyone who reads this study and is shocked, needs to read more on nutrition.