New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
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Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#2I agree that dietary research needs to continue but I think the back and forth about what to eat (saturated vs non saturated, no salt vs salt ok etc) needs to slow down. I think the best advice is that by Michael Pollan "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#3Apart from sustainability the only downside of red meat that I have ever heard of is a slight increase to colon cancer and to excess iron in men. I think calling this bedrock advice is hyperbolic. The saturated fat demonization is much more widespread ime.
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#4I just figured out a weird trick to read the page on Firefox without the sign-in/register popover: open the page in reader mode and refresh. It seems the popover appears only after page loading has finished, before which the full article is available. Reader mode ignores JavaScript, so this works.
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#5Actual paper: https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2752328/unprocessed-red-m...
Harvard response: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2019/09/30/flaw...
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#6What an odd headline/article.
Clearly, common food types are not going to be extremely harmful, so the magnitude of impact from dietary advice is never going to be extreme. Red Meat is still showing up as harmful in these studies, which is why it’s advice and not say a ban etc.
At best this reads like spin from the cattle industry. Unless I am missing something?
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#7I agree that dietary research needs to continue but I think the back and forth about what to eat (saturated vs non saturated, no salt vs salt ok etc) needs to slow down. I think the best advice is that by Michael Pollan "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."
As long as we don't call corn syrup or bleached wheat flour plants, sounds good.
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#8I agree that dietary research needs to continue but I think the back and forth about what to eat (saturated vs non saturated, no salt vs salt ok etc) needs to slow down. I think the best advice is that by Michael Pollan "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."
I think to the contrary, and agree with Amber Heard, "Eat meat. Not too little. Mostly fat."
http://www.empiri.ca/p/eat-meat-not-too-little-mostly-fat.ht...
But ultimately what we should all agree on is: eat less processed foods, less sugar, don't overeat, fasting is cool, exercise often.
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#9I expect sugar will turn out to be good for your brain (in moderation) and increase your IQ.
Re: New research questions the evidence for health benefits of eating less red meat
#10I agree that dietary research needs to continue but I think the back and forth about what to eat (saturated vs non saturated, no salt vs salt ok etc) needs to slow down. I think the best advice is that by Michael Pollan "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants."
I think to the contrary, and agree with Amber Heard, "Eat meat. Not too little. Mostly fat." http://www.empiri.ca/p/eat-meat-not-too-little-mostly-fat.ht... But ultimately what we should all agree on is: eat less processed foods, less sugar, don't overeat, fasting is cool, exercise often.
I’d like to see lower carbon cost become an important goal of keto dieters. Eggs, fish, etc count for keto as I understand it. I don’t like the fetishisation of red meat.