Red meat

[Dick Whitman]

Saw this story while I was surfing around tonight:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/health/research/red-meat-linked-to-cancer-and-heart-disease.html

I've always thought that the red meat and heart disease/cancer link was simply because a lot of people who eat red meat tend to be overweight and out of shape, but sounds like they controlled for those things in this study.

As I get older, I want to become pretty vigilant about cancer patrol. Anyone dropped red meat from their diet? Anyone skeptical about this? Like I said, I always thought that lean cuts were good for you if you exercised in conjunction with eating them because of the high protein content. But might not be worth it.

 

[Thomas Goldkamp]

I'm hosed. I eat red meat at least five to 10 times a week. Of course, I also fit into the fairly active and non-smoker categories, so maybe that balances it out.

I've had friends go without red meat recently, but I just enjoy a good steak far too much to consider giving it up.

 

[imjustagirl]

I will never want to live that badly.

 

[Versatile]

I'm hosed. I eat red meat at least five to 10 times a week. Of course, I also fit into the fairly active and non-smoker categories, so maybe that balances it out.

Nope. Cancer. You're ****ed.

You can pry the chewy bacon from my pudgy, dead fingers.

 

[imjustagirl]

I'm hosed. I eat red meat at least five to 10 times a week. Of course, I also fit into the fairly active and non-smoker categories, so maybe that balances it out.

Nope. Cancer. You're ****ed.

You can pry the chewy bacon from my pudgy, dead fingers.

DAMN YOU.

 

[Cosmo]

You will pry my steak out of my dead mother****ing hands. Medium rare.

 

[Versatile]

You will pry my steak out of my dead mother****ing hands. Medium rare.

Your hands, or the steak?

Would human be white or red meat?

 

[ColdCat]

eh, don't worry about it. there will be another study in a couple months saying red meat helps you live to be 110 and salad will kill you in an instant

 

[cyclingwriter]

I stopped eating most read meat and pork about a decade ago. Also, run about 35-40 miles a week. Don't drink hard liquor and moderate beer intakes. Nothing but fish, greens and pasta in the rest of my diet.

Why? Heavy rates of cancer, diabetes, liver failure and heart attacks in my family tree.

The result? I was still diagnosed with hypertension last year.

The conclusion? Eat the damn steak and down it with some rot-gut whiskey.

 

[expendable]

Yet another reason why I gave up reading.

 

[21]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-red-meat-takes-years-off-of-cows-life,27954/

 

[spikechiquet]

The wife and I pretty much gave up on red meat.

Now she is pregnant and, that **** has gone out the window. Steak night tonight baby!

 

[joe]

Won't someone think of the BJs? Where are they going to go if we outlaw steak?

 

[The Big Ragu]

I haven't eaten any meat (or fish or poultry) since 1993.

It hasn't gotten in the way of the BJs. Her willingness, on the other hand? For another discussion.

I hope I have eased your fears.

 

[Dick Whitman]

How ironic is it that Big Ragu's shortest post of all time turns out to be the one that provides too much information?

 

[Big Circus]

 

[SF_Express]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-red-meat-takes-years-off-of-cows-life,27954/

The Onion always has something relevant for any topic, unsurprising given its Wisconsin roots.

 

[Mr. Sluggo]

A 10% increased cancer death risk...so it goes from 1% to 1.1% or 10% to 11%, or 90% to 99% or what?? Or how about how old were these red meat eaters when cancer finally ate them back? Wish articles like this would give a little more detail and maybe some context. Just a little.

 

[clintrichardson]

i quit red meat on doctors advice and found it relatively easy. there's a wide world of food out there and a whole lot of ways for it to taste good. after cutting out that one category i certainly don't feel like i'm enjoying food any less.

should be noted: i do allow myself the occasional slice of pepperoni pizza, because its not like i'm allergic. but no burgers, no steaks, no problem.

 

[Dick Whitman]

We've long talked about adding fish to our rotation, but we just don't know what we'd like or how to cook it, so we kind of end up being paralyzed about it.