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Animal muscle including beef naturally contains significant amounts of saturated fats, trans-fats and cholesterol, all of which increase our risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Saturated fat may also play an important role in the development of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. Beef has been considered richer in fat and cholesterol than other meat, but switching to eating chicken and fish does not lower cholesterol. All meat contains sex hormones, which may contribute to menstrual cycle irregularities and infertility, and arachidonic acid, a biologically active metabolite which plays an important role in inflammatory processes and may have an impact on mood regulation. Spermine, another biologically active metabolite, may promote weight gain.
Why are Americans still consuming such large volumes of beef and other meat products? One reason may be that many Americans are unaware of the effects of beef on human health, to no small extent because that is the way the beef industry wants it.
Poultry is the most common cause of serious food-poisoning outbreaks, followed by fish, then beef. But wait, aren’t people more likely to order their burgers rarer than their chicken sandwiches? The primary location where outbreaks occur is the home, not restaurants.
Researchers tested 76 samples of different kinds of meat, both organic and conventional, for 33 different carcinogens.
Eight preparation methods to reduce exposure to carcinogens in cooked meat.
What dietary change can simultaneously help detoxify mercury, lead, and cadmium from the body?
Do legumes (beans, chickpeas, split peas, and lentils) just work to prevent disease or can they help treat and reverse it as well?
Chicken, fish, and egg powder in processed foods present greater risk from cholesterol oxidation byproducts, but there are things you can do to reduce exposure.
Infants of mothers randomized to cut out eggs, milk, and fish were significantly less likely to have eczema even years later.
Randomized double-blind controlled trials suggest excluding certain foods, such as eggs and chicken, can significantly improve atopic dermatitis.
Women with uterine fibroids should consider adding green tea to their daily diet, as a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled interventional trial suggests it may help as well as surgery.
The same diet that helps regulate hormones in women may also reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting pollutants.
Should we be concerned about high-choline plant foods, such as broccoli, producing the same toxic TMAO that results from eating high-choline animal foods, such as eggs?
Those with certain autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s disease should probably not eat nutritional yeast.
