Why is red meat supposed to be bad for you, but pork and chicken are not?

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Posted: 5/12/2013 5:57:52 AM EDT

Cows are vegitarian, and you can eat beef rare. Pigs and chickens eat nasty shit and you have to cook it well, but its good for you?

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:00:00 AM EDT

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red meat has higher levels of fat and cholesterol throughout. The whiter the meat, the less cholesterol and fat.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:01:01 AM EDT

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I don't think it's any worse as long as you get lean cuts of beef. Unfortunately, those parts often don't taste as good.

(Except for filet of course) Even pork isn't healthy if you have a lot of pork fat with it, or chicken if you eat the skin/fat with it. I think this stems from the fact that our bodies are made to eat lean wild animals, although that doesn't completely explain the Inuit and their whale blubber.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:04:19 AM EDT

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red meat has higher levels of fat and cholesterol throughout. The whiter the meat, the less cholesterol and fat.

Unless it's something like venison. Wild game meat tends to have far less marbling [fat] and low levels of cholesterol.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:05:20 AM EDT

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Maybe the chicken and pork producers have better lobbyists?

Cook everything well done and it helps reduce the fat and grease. Try to eat the lean meats (lean ground beef, ground turkey and chicken breast) and you will be helping yourself out while eating some tasty meat.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:05:21 AM EDT

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It's the way it's being allowed to be cultured by the FDA. Then again alot of studies have really concluded that we just eat too high of quantity of meats while ignoring other dietary items like veggies and nuts.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:06:32 AM EDT

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It's just like anything else. Red meat supposedly has better levels of things like zinc and other shit that apparently we need to be healthy. Everything in moderation, except beer, even Jesus drank alcohol all the time.

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:06:42 AM EDT

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red meat has higher levels of fat and cholesterol throughout. The whiter the meat, the less cholesterol and fat.

Have you looked at the nutrition label? There's only a difference of 6% between chest drop content

Posted: 5/12/2013 6:07:05 AM EDT

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Read here

1. Does eating red meat increase the risk of cancer and heart disease?

A: For heart disease, the answer is pretty clear. Some red meats are high in saturated fat, which raises blood cholesterol. High levels of LDL cholesterol increase the risk of heart disease.

When it comes to cancer, the answer is not so clear. Many researchers say it does raise the risk, especially for colorectal cancer.

A recent National Institutes of Health-AARP study of more than a half-million older Americans concluded that people who ate the most red meat and processed meat over a 10-year-period were likely to die sooner than those who ate smaller amounts. Those who ate about 4 ounces of red meat a day were more likely to die of cancer or heart disease than those who ate the least, about a half-ounce a day. Epidemiologists classified the increased risk as “modest” in the study.

The meat industry contends there is no link between red meat, processed meats, and cancer, and says that lean red meat fits into a heart-healthy diet. A meat industry spokeswoman criticized the design of the NIH-AARP study, saying that studies that rely on participants to recall what foods they eat cannot prove cause and effect. “Many of these suggestions could be nothing more than statistical noise,” says Janet Riley, a senior vice president of the American Meat Institute, a trade group.

But many studies have found similar links. Another one that followed more than 72,000 women for 18 years found that those who ate a Western-style diet high in red and processed meats, desserts, refined grains, and French fries had an increased risk of heart disease, cancer, and death from other causes.

“The association between consumption of red and processed meats and cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, is very consistent,” says Marji McCullough, PhD, a nutritional epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society.

After a systemic review of scientific studies, an expert panel of the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research concluded in 2007 that “red or processed meats are convincing or probable sources of some cancers.” Their report says evidence is convincing for a link between red meat, processed meat, and colorectal cancer, and limited but suggestive for links to lung, esophageal, stomach, pancreatic, and endometrial cancers.