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No, it is not true. What is true, and shown in a lot of research, is that eating a lot of sugar and processed food causes a plethora of health issues. That mig

by kesor 6y ago

No, it is not true. What is true, and shown in a lot of research, is that eating a lot of sugar and processed food causes a plethora of health issues. That might include processed meat products, or in other words meat that has fat removed from it (making it taste awful) and sugar added (to make it taste okay again). And most sugar is produced (in the US) from corn syrup, which is also heavily subsidized and thus very cheap, making processed meat much cheaper than selling proper meat.

EForEndeavour 6y ago
What makes you so confidently dismiss the link between (red) meat and cancer? Prominent scientific and nutritional voices on this topic disagree, and it's frankly confusing and frustrating to me as a non-scientist. But what I can confidently say about the healthfulness-of-red-meat debate is that it's by no means as settled as your "no, it is not true" statement implies. This Feb 2020 article sums up the scientific debate well: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/whats-the-beef-with-red-meat https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/whats-the-bee... Takeaways copied from the article: Red and processed meats do increase health risks. You don't need to eat red meat. "You can get the same amounts — and in some cases even more — from poultry, fish, eggs, and nuts, and as well as by following a plant-based diet."
- kesor 6y ago
  I have read my fair share of studies, in none of them "purely red meat" was the cause of the hypothetical health problems. I have yet found a study that directly links red meat with any health problem. You are welcome to share one if you found it. It is always the processed food that is present in the studies, and most studies are "questionnaire studies", where they ask people if they eat red meat, which usually means they ate burgers, and then they ask if these same people have health problems. Bullshit studies with bullshit results. Please do find a study that can show the contrary (not an article).
  - EForEndeavour 6y ago
    Can you please produce a link to any of the "fair share" of studies you allude to? And can you please refute the points in the link I shared above, the ones implicating red meat with health problems?

by kesor 6y ago

EForEndeavour 6y ago

What makes you so confidently dismiss the link between (red) meat and cancer? Prominent scientific and nutritional voices on this topic disagree, and it's frankly confusing and frustrating to me as a non-scientist. But what I can confidently say about the healthfulness-of-red-meat debate is that it's by no means as settled as your "no, it is not true" statement implies. This Feb 2020 article sums up the scientific debate well: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/whats-the-beef-with-red-meat https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/whats-the-bee... Takeaways copied from the article: Red and processed meats do increase health risks. You don't need to eat red meat. "You can get the same amounts — and in some cases even more — from poultry, fish, eggs, and nuts, and as well as by following a plant-based diet."

kesor 6y ago
I have read my fair share of studies, in none of them "purely red meat" was the cause of the hypothetical health problems. I have yet found a study that directly links red meat with any health problem. You are welcome to share one if you found it. It is always the processed food that is present in the studies, and most studies are "questionnaire studies", where they ask people if they eat red meat, which usually means they ate burgers, and then they ask if these same people have health problems. Bullshit studies with bullshit results. Please do find a study that can show the contrary (not an article).
- EForEndeavour 6y ago
  Can you please produce a link to any of the "fair share" of studies you allude to? And can you please refute the points in the link I shared above, the ones implicating red meat with health problems?