Beef and Cancer (especially for women)
You have heard it noted often that “Red Meat is Bad For You” – but is that true or just a lot of “bullsh*t”? A little of both, but the bottom line is that beef is not good for you in the quantities American eat it.
Although U.S. beef consumption is down from a startling 79 pounds per person per year in 1985 to around 50 pounds, that’s still way too much. We’ve often reported that eating red meat amps up all causes of death by 20 percent, and now there’s even more evidence of the harm it can do.
A new study found a 22 percent increased risk of breast cancer among women who regularly ate red meat during their early adulthood (about 10 servings per week) compared with those who ate less than one and a half servings per week.
But fortunately, the study also shows that you are not doomed if you were a youthful red-meat eater! You can slash your risk for breast cancer by making changes in your diet starting right now.
If you’re premenopausal and you eliminate one serving of red meat from your diet and add one serving of skinless poultry, you’ll reduce your risk of breast cancer by over 17 percent; do that post-menopause and your risk declines 24 percent.
We say, imagine how much healthier you’d be if you limited your red meat intake to no more (and often less) than one 3- to 6-ounce serving a week, and added three weekly servings of omega-3-rich fish like salmon and ocean trout and nine servings of veggies and fruit a day. How ironic: You’ll beef up your health if you skip the beef.
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