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DNA damage caused by diets rich in red meat found in colorectal cancer patients
- tryptophan 5y ago>The major message, according to Giannakis, is not that people should completely avoid red meat: “My recommendation would be that moderation and a balanced diet is key.” Only patients who consumed more than 150 grams (five ounces) of food per day, about two or more meals, had high levels of tumor alkylation damage. So red meat is basically fine to eat. Just don't eat it twice a day every day? 150g is a good sized steak.
- gruez 5y agoMaybe American portion sizes are bigger, but 150g (5.5 oz) is pretty small for a steak, both in a restaurant and a supermarket.
- zoover2020 5y ago150g steak is a pretty common size in European restaurants
- bsder 5y ago6oz or 9oz filet mignon is standard size in the US. And it's not something you would eat every day. 14/16oz would be for ribeye or strip. That's quite a chunk of meat, and most people would not be able to finish it.
- seibelj 5y agoI try to avoid / limit grilled and smoked food. It seems clear to me that putting charred food and food specifically infused with smoke would be bad for you, just as smoking is bad for you. Don’t need science to tell me.
- beaconstudios 5y agoSmoking is bad for you because it deposits tar and other toxic substances in your lungs. As far as I'm aware, comparing that to smoked meat is apples to oranges.
- seibelj 5y agoIf smoke is bad for your lungs, then putting meat into a smoke house for a long time, infusing all of the food with smoke, and having that carcinogen-infused product pass through your entire digestive system seems… also risky. Just logic to me.
- sjg007 5y agoYou are not wrong. Basically everything in moderation.
- floatingatoll 5y agoNope, otherwise you’d get asthma from eating bread, since inhaled flour can irritate alveoli, and so therefore consumed flour can, too. (To head off the usual argument about allergies, you can replace flour in the above statement with any neutral powder, such as cornstarch or potato starch or baking soda or sugar or salt.) It’s valid to consider systemic toxins, but if this was a systemic toxin issue, it wouldn’t only be their colon that’s affected, it would also be affecting their lungs, even if they only consumed it.
- Mouse47 5y agoIf water is bad for your lungs, then surely having liters of water pass through your entire digestive system seems...also risky. Just logic to me.
- seibelj 5y agoAre you arguing that smoke is harmless? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. No one would cook meat with car exhaust and expect it to be safe. Burning charcoal or wood to cook meat using pure smoke cannot possibly be harmless.
- spfzero 5y agoAnother study where they don't differentiate between fast-food beef, cafo vs. grass-fed, processed with nitrates/nitrites vs. non-processed, etc. And only one year of dietary surveys, for a disease that takes many years to develop?
- AltonWells 5y agoGoing vegan is the only proven method (with regards to consumption) to reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. If you care about longevity and consume large amounts of meat you’re doing the equivalent of smoking cigarettes everyday.
- mint2 5y agoP.s. take vitamin B12 if you do go vegan.
- iroh2727 5y agoEverything I’ve ever done Everything I ever do Every place I’ve ever been Everywhere I’m going to It’s a sin. (song by Pet Shop Boys, or what every health article tells me) Let's just yolo and enjoy the food of this bountiful earth.