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Can you articulate what is unhealthy about a hamburger? Minus the fries and the bacon, a bread, meat, veggies and cheese combo contains tons of nutrition and ca

Can you articulate what is unhealthy about a hamburger? Minus the fries and the bacon, a bread, meat, veggies and cheese combo contains tons of nutrition and calories.

hammock 7y ago
A hamburger from any restaurant is going to be at least 20% fat not counting the cheese, roughly equivalent to a typical sausage or bacon. The high fat content and "red meat" aspect with accompanying saturated fat, cholesterol etc., have led many to believe that hamburgers are unhealthy. Is this up-to-date with evolving nutrition wisdom? Maybe not.
coder4life 7y ago
Cholesterol intake is linked to heart disease. Source: https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-lower-cholesterol-risk#1 https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-lowe... Intake of animal fats linked to 21% higher risk of dying from any cause. Source: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/plant-based-fats-better-for-the-heart-than-animal-fats https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/plant-based-fats... Higher percentage of the amino acid Methionine in the protein portion of meat/dairy/egg vs. plant protein, which promotes cancer and diabetes in adulthood. Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-diet-cancer-treatment-mice-clues.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-diet-cancer-treatment... The sugar Neu5Gc, found in most mammalian meat. We don't have it, and it seems to increase colon cancer rates. Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/evolutionary-story-of-red-meat-cancer-cmah-gene https://www.sciencealert.com/evolutionary-story-of-red-meat-...
- tathougies 7y ago
  These are reasons to avoid meat not an explanation of why hamburgers in particular are worse which was the original question. Your studies are mildly interesting but correlations are low and large scale studies of vegetarians do not show any benefit in terms of longevity. The reasonble take away is that, while meat consumption may certainly increase the risk of some things, it also prevents other things.
  - coder4life 7y ago
    Not true - Neu5Gc isn't found in all meat, but is in beef. No, I don't think it's a reasonable takeaway, unless you have something to back that up besides opinion.
avmich 7y ago
I've heard both meat and cheese aren't good for your arteries? Cholesterol level, endothelium damage...

Can you articulate what is unhealthy about a hamburger? Minus the fries and the bacon, a bread, meat, veggies and cheese combo contains tons of nutrition and calories.

hammock 7y ago

A hamburger from any restaurant is going to be at least 20% fat not counting the cheese, roughly equivalent to a typical sausage or bacon. The high fat content and "red meat" aspect with accompanying saturated fat, cholesterol etc., have led many to believe that hamburgers are unhealthy. Is this up-to-date with evolving nutrition wisdom? Maybe not.

coder4life 7y ago

Cholesterol intake is linked to heart disease. Source: https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-lower-cholesterol-risk#1 https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-lowe... Intake of animal fats linked to 21% higher risk of dying from any cause. Source: https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/plant-based-fats-better-for-the-heart-than-animal-fats https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/plant-based-fats... Higher percentage of the amino acid Methionine in the protein portion of meat/dairy/egg vs. plant protein, which promotes cancer and diabetes in adulthood. Source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-diet-cancer-treatment-mice-clues.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-diet-cancer-treatment... The sugar Neu5Gc, found in most mammalian meat. We don't have it, and it seems to increase colon cancer rates. Source: https://www.sciencealert.com/evolutionary-story-of-red-meat-cancer-cmah-gene https://www.sciencealert.com/evolutionary-story-of-red-meat-...

tathougies 7y ago
These are reasons to avoid meat not an explanation of why hamburgers in particular are worse which was the original question. Your studies are mildly interesting but correlations are low and large scale studies of vegetarians do not show any benefit in terms of longevity. The reasonble take away is that, while meat consumption may certainly increase the risk of some things, it also prevents other things.
- coder4life 7y ago
  Not true - Neu5Gc isn't found in all meat, but is in beef. No, I don't think it's a reasonable takeaway, unless you have something to back that up besides opinion.

avmich 7y ago

I've heard both meat and cheese aren't good for your arteries? Cholesterol level, endothelium damage...