Cattlemen’s Association Has Beef With Study

The findings of the EPIC study linking meat consumption to weight gain can be found in yesterday’s video-of-the-day Meat and Weight Gain in the PANACEA Study. The Cattlemen were also vocal in questioning the federal dietary guidelines (see Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance). For more on abdominal fat, see Does Eating Obesity Cause Obesity?, Fill in the Blank, Waistline Slimming Food, Waistline Expanding Food, and Milk Protein vs. Soy Protein. Tomorrow we’ll cover the various ways excess body fat can be measured.

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 Cattlemen’s association is full of crap – antibiotic abuse is normal and
about half of ALL our meat supply is infected with resistant infections
such as MRSA, VRE, superbug strep, etc., including c. diff. Going
vegan was the best thing I ever did – my
cholesterol issues vanished and I’m no longer on any pills (because when
you eat MEAT, even “lean” it will drive your cholesterol up badly), and
I feel a lot better. I also found out it’s far easier to keep your
weight down. You STILL have to watch your weight when vegan – BUT it’s a
lot easier to do. Because whatever they put into raising animals as a
growth stimulant goes into YOU when you eat it.

One thing I really love about being vegan is my irritable bowel syndrome also vanished. I had no idea MEAT was irritating to the colon.  I used to have watery diarrhea followed by constipation, then back to watery diarrhea not to mention the crippling abdominal pains.  Well, that’s over with with my vegan diet. I have a normal bowel pattern and my abdominal pains are gone and I enjoy regularity.    ****MEAT IS POISON!!!***  MEAT IS EVIL!! 

I would love to see a picture of a Cattleman’s meeting to see the general weight of those attending.

 Possibly I seemed a bit pointed in my comments about exercise vs diet.  I got down to about 160 at 6 foot by dietary moderation and exercise.  Since getting to this weight, I have been improving the quality of my diet. Now, I don’t eat meat at all, and very little dairy and eggs. I also started eating a dark green salad everyday- of course inspired partly by Michael Greger.  I also eat a variety of nuts and seeds, such as flax and pumpkin everyday.  Since doing these things, my weight has crept down to about 158 without any further decrease in calorie intake.  I used to take a high dose of cholesterol medicine, but now my numbers are 170 total, 64 HDL, 60 triglycerides and 94 LDL, without taking any medicine at all.  My HDL used to be less than 20 when I was weighing about 255.  I was still eating eggs at these latest numbers.  I will get it tested again soon, and this will be after I gave up eggs.  I guess what I saying is that one should do everything to improve one’s health.  Heart disease and obesity run in my family.  Instead of making diet 80% and exercise 20%, why not make both of them 100%?  Instead of pitting diet against exercise, why not pit them both against eating meat, as well as taking prescription drugs to treat one’s ills?  It seems that calorie control (not eating as few calories as possible, but eating the right number), lots of exercise, and a high fiber whole foods Vegan diet as well as hydration are all very effective in improving health and in controlling weight.

My three housemates are convinced that all the bad things attributed to beef are only true of feed-lot, grain-fed beef, and that pasture-fed beef has such a different nutritional profile that eating it is healthier than a fully plant-based diet. Can that be true?