Mark Sisson on the recent news re red meat and processed meat - http://live-free-in-an-unfree-world.com
they found a link between processed meat intake and type
2 diabetes, with a smaller link between unprocessed red meat and
the illness. A daily 50 gram serving of processed red meat
was associated with a 51% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes,
while a 100 gram serving of fresh red meat represented a 19% increased
risk. Unprocessed meat included "beef, lamb, or pork as main dish"
(roasts, steaks, chops), "hamburgers" (but I'm sure they got bunless
burgers, right?), and "beef, pork, or lamb as sandwich or mixed
dish" (served up on coconut
flour bread, no doubt). Processed meat meant "hot dogs," "bacon,"
"sausage, salami, bologna, and other processed red meats."
To give a complete
picture of the data, I'll briefly discuss what the "heavy meat eaters"
did when they weren't eating red meat. You tell me if you notice
any alarming trends that might have something to do with type 2
diabetes. Folks in the highest quintiles of meat intake were the
least active and the most sedentary. They exercised the least and
smoked the most tobacco. They drank more alcohol than any other
quintile. They guzzled more soda and other sweetened beverages.
In the high meat quintiles, folks ate 800 more calories per day
than folks in the low meat quintiles. They were much heavier, too
(all muscle,
I'm sure). Trans
fat intake was higher in the high-meat quintiles, too, as was
potato
intake (since these data included the years before trans fats were
taken out of fast food deep fryers, I'm thinking these guys enjoyed
a burger and French fry value meal on occasion). They ate the least
amount of fiber from grains, indicating they probably ate the most
refined grains, drank the most coffee, and ate the fewest fruits
and vegetables. In short, people who ate the most red and
processed
meat were also the unhealthiest by both Primal and mainstream
standards. And if what they were doing was actually healthy
or neutral (like drink coffee
and avoid fiber
from grains), it wasn't by design. These people (all health professionals,
ironically) most likely didn't particularly care about their health.
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