But I love meat!!!

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  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
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    I was pescetarian for 6 or 8 months a couple of years ago and it was awful. I felt terrible. Good luck to you. Everyone is different. I would get a second opinion, from a nutritionist.

    Also, start tracking your iron.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,820 Member
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    I love meat too.
  • Broderick50
    Broderick50 Posts: 851 Member
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    I have gout and my doctor favorite saying is does it have a mother if so don't eat it. My reply was and always will be give me the pills and I'll use moderation I love meat too much to give it up.
  • jrose1982
    jrose1982 Posts: 366 Member
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    I'd get a second opinion.

    There was recently a massive study completed that showed (not for the first time) that there is no correlation between saturated fat and heart disease. This study was a meta-analysis that reviewed 72 other studies from around the world and involving over 600,000 participants. The advice to avoid red meat in order to avoid heart disease was given out without any evidence that it was true and many doctors and nutritionists continue to spout that same advice without paying attention to the recent studies that indicate that it's wrong.

    I can't find the study right now, but here's an article by a cardiologist who basically says the same thing:

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/22/butter-cheese-saturated-fat-heart-specialist

    But don't take my word for it. Since you're talking to a cardiologist, I take that to mean you already have a problem. So he/she may have reasons (other than the mainstream one) for having you avoid red meat.
    But get a second opinion. Maybe even take that article to the doctor with you and discuss the debate.

    Whatever you decide to do, good luck!

    Edit: Here's I read about that study:
    http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/168338/saturated-back-people-diabetes
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
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    Problem solved!

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  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,065 Member
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    Problem solved!

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    ^ Best. Answer. Ever.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
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    Cows swim. Not sure about chickens, but I'd be willing to throw one in a lake and find out.
  • b218w
    b218w Posts: 76 Member
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    Chuck a cow in a lake... it's swimming!! Eat it!!

    this!....

    love my meat too lol
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
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    Chuck a cow in a lake... it's swimming!! Eat it!!

    I just spit my water out - :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • MissJenniLee
    MissJenniLee Posts: 108 Member
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    I just picked up a vegetarian diet on the 24th. So far what made the change easy was finding a whole foods store.
  • MissJenniLee
    MissJenniLee Posts: 108 Member
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    it doesn't matter what studies show, what does common sense tell you? Do you think the very first humans had a diet like ours?
  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
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    Well, I'm not sure about those recommendations and I would agree that if you love meat, you might seek a second opinion in regards to how this might affect your medical condition. However, I have been pescetarian since July last year (for my own reasons) and love it. If you are set on going onward with this, I've got plenty of yummy recipes that might help you feel satisfied :)
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,065 Member
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  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
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    I'm sorry to hear about your health problems. My dad's family has heart issues (his father had a heart attack at 50) and hereditary high cholesterol. My dad doesn't eat eggs, red meat... But he does eat chicken and turkey in moderation.

    Hereditary heart / cholesterol problems are scary
  • thesaraaah
    thesaraaah Posts: 17 Member
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    it doesn't matter what studies show, what does common sense tell you? Do you think the very first humans had a diet like ours?

    Pretty sure they didn't have a vegetarian diet either...
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
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    Takes nutrition advice from a cardiologist......


    :laugh:


    Ok, then.


    In all seriousness, you need to realize JUST how little training med students are given in the field of nutrition. Listening to your cardiologist for food tips is like listening to your plumber tell you how to take apart a transmission. That is to say: a very bad idea.

    If advice doesn't come from a registered dietitian or plain ol' common sense, don't listen to it. :flowerforyou:
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
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  • krawhitham
    krawhitham Posts: 831 Member
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    it doesn't matter what studies show, what does common sense tell you? Do you think the very first humans had a diet like ours?

    :huh:

    The "very first humans" (not what they're technically called, but lets just go with that) hadn't even discovered fire yet... We've evolved just a teensy bit since then, inside and out.
  • angelique_redhead
    angelique_redhead Posts: 782 Member
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    We eat grass fed beef, pork and chicken we raise ourselves, and other things. Your cardiologist and I would part ways. *HUGS*
  • judyde
    judyde Posts: 401 Member
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    ...my doctor favorite saying is does it have a mother if so don't eat it.

    I buy my meat from a family farm, and they assure me that all the animals there are orphans.

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