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New Study Shows Red Meat Is Not Bad For You
Instead, the main issue appears to be with PROCESSED meats. It appears that in previous research, the researchers simply lumped all forms of red meat together, whether or not it was processed. So, people eating grass-fed steak (a healthy variety of red meat) got lumped in the same category as somebody eating a ketchup-covered hamburger with a side of french fries. Since most of the red meat in this country is processed, this creates the appearance that ALL of this kind of meat is bad for you. However, once you seperate out the actual true physiological cause of chronic heart disease and other complaints, it becomes evident that the real problem is in the processing of the meat, and also, what is consumed along with it. People rarely eat hamburgers without a soda and fries, right? And so if I'm a researcher and I see that everybody eating hamburgers is fat and has heart disease, I might assume that it's because of the meat itself, not the fact that the people involved are also eating tons of fried, salty potatoes and sugar-rich soda. This is called a confounding variable and is a common problem in research. It basically boils down to not looking closely enough at the actual mechanisms involved and jumping to a conclusion. There's actually nothing wrong with red meat. In fact, grass-fed cattle produce a very healthy meat balanced in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids (you've probably read articles on these essential fatty acids before in relation to fish oils). It's only the corn-fed (corn is high in Omega-6), penned-up cattle that produce meat high in Omega-6, pro-inflammatory fats. So don't run away from a nice, grass-fed steak... just don't smother it in sugary barbeque sauce and eat a pile of french fries with it! Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Visit my website at www.healthyandy.com/2010/08/12/red-meat-bad-for-you-turns-out-not-so-much to learn more about this study. |
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