Ham. Beef. Bacon. Veal. Sausage. Peperoni. Hot Dogs. Lamb. Pork. You mat be wondering what all these meats have in common. Some may say they are the best meats out there, while others may disagree.
According to attn: media company, “eating meat raises your mortality rate and puts you at risk for numerous diet-related diseases.” So is it time for us to all go vegetarian? After reading this article and the subsequent research that is hidden throughout it, people are encouraged to make an informed choice on what diet/ lifestyle they choose, as well as monitor the quality and quantity of what they are eating on a daily basis as it could have a large impact on your mortality rate.
attn: points out some pretty shocking and important results. “researchers have found the steepest increase in mortality was found at the smallest increases of intake of red and processed meat.”1 They go on to explain that even eating small amounts of red and processed meats have the potential to have a serious impact on a person’s mortality risk.
All you meat lovers who are reading this, don’t yell at your computer screens just yet, both the article and the research study did not discriminate and also evaluated vegan and vegetarian diets as well. Okay… maybe now is the time you should let out some steam. Research has shown that these diets tend to decrease diabetes risk, high blood pressure, as well as reverse the harms of CVD. Better yet, they found that vegetarian/vegan diets even in the short term have positive effects on your lifespan. Bottom line? Meat, especially processed meat, will negatively affect your health and positively affect your chances of CVD even by consuming a small amount.
It is extremely important that physicians become familiar with the current research and positively educate their patients on their diet and the effects it can have on their lifespan. The research is still undecided on diets that consist mainly of fish and poultry and the effect that it has on mortality. But, for now we do know that people who supplement a plant-based diet with mild amounts of fish, poultry, and dairy seems to be the best recommendation yet for our health.
- http://www.attn.com/stories/8249/how-much-longer-you-live-when-you-go-vegetarian
- http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2517494
This feels like another study where people bashed egg yolks. Now egg yolks are known to be ok and not harm cholesterol levels. I am disturbed at studies that say to entirely avoid a food group unless it is some sort of trans fat. Can people not eat grass fed red meat now because it is lumped into a wide range of meat category? These meats tend to have 2 to 4 times more Omega 3s than non grass fed meats. Does this not make it a good part of a diet now? And since when should non-processed meat be lumped in a category with the most processed of meats also?