Red meat: What Makes It Unhealthy?

by Bangalore 69 Replies latest jw friends

  • Bangalore
    Bangalore
  • talesin
    talesin

    The article has a lot to say about chemicals and sodium that is in our meat. Buy local and organic, eat lean and LESS - 2 to 4 oz servings no more than thrice/week (and it's kinda interesting that it lumps pork in there -- pork is a white meat, not red).

    tal

  • biometrics
    biometrics

    Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat
    Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
    Humans: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater

    Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue
    Herbivores: perspire through skin pores
    Humans: perspire through skin pores

    Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
    Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
    Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding

    Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly
    Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
    Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.

    Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.
    Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits
    Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits

    Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains
    Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
    Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

    Meat-eaters: have claws
    Herbivores: no claws
    Humans: no claws

  • TOTH
    TOTH

    Talesin, i eat WAY more than that...LOL

    I like that info biometrics!

  • designs
    designs

    Buffalo and Bison hmmm

  • Black Sheep
    Black Sheep

    According to the article, mistreating it by processing it, overcooking it etc., but I'm sure a lot of the problems come from messing with the animal's diet for a quick buck. Even 'free range' animals usually have to graze on fodder that has been selected for them and don't have access to the 'weeds' that they would normally include in their diet.

    I don't know about you, Bio, but my eyes are in the front of my head.

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    The only way it will hurt me is if I don't get it. Big-time carnivore, from the fattest State in America, here.

    I've won my battle against anorexia, and dead pig and cow of every variety has been an integral part of my therapy.

  • Matsimus
    Matsimus

    It is a scientific fact that humans are omnivores.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat
    It is a scientific fact that humans are omnivores.

    It's also a historical reality that until very recently most people's average life expectancy was well under 40. Apparently exceeding that age while continuing with the traditional diet has consequences.

    Not to mention that we are now eating processed meats and sugars that were unknown to our ancestors.

  • sir82
    sir82
    Not to mention that we are now eating processed meats and sugars that were unknown to our ancestors.

    I think that is the key. Virtually any "red meat" we eat today is in a form that would be unrecognizable, and probably undigestible, to humans over 99.999% of our sepcies' existence.

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