http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/18/red-meat
"More surprising, we found that all of the studies had either looked at total red meats or processed red meats, but very few of the studies had looked at unprocessed red meats separately," said researcher Dariush Mozaffarian, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
Unprocessed red meat means beef, lamb or pork that hasn't been preserved with smoking, curing, salting or chemical additives. Processed meats include bacon, hot dogs, sausage and most cold cuts. When the researchers did distinguish between the two, what they discovered (PDF) seems to turn current nutritional advice on its head.
"We found that processed meats were associated with higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, and then unprocessed red meats were not," Mozaffarian explained.
Summary: Researchers have found that some red meats are more equal than others. Unprocessed red meats (e.g. STEAK, muthafuckas!) are actually not bad for you at all, but processed red meats (e.g. bacon,
) are even worse for you than originally thought.
Opinion: It's steak night, baby. But Pio is screwed.
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The researchers looked over nearly 1,600 studies and were startled to find that even though the health risks of red meat seem well-established, the evidence for that is actually mixed."More surprising, we found that all of the studies had either looked at total red meats or processed red meats, but very few of the studies had looked at unprocessed red meats separately," said researcher Dariush Mozaffarian, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
Unprocessed red meat means beef, lamb or pork that hasn't been preserved with smoking, curing, salting or chemical additives. Processed meats include bacon, hot dogs, sausage and most cold cuts. When the researchers did distinguish between the two, what they discovered (PDF) seems to turn current nutritional advice on its head.
"We found that processed meats were associated with higher risk of heart disease and diabetes, and then unprocessed red meats were not," Mozaffarian explained.
Summary: Researchers have found that some red meats are more equal than others. Unprocessed red meats (e.g. STEAK, muthafuckas!) are actually not bad for you at all, but processed red meats (e.g. bacon,
) are even worse for you than originally thought.Opinion: It's steak night, baby. But Pio is screwed.
