Not exact matches
Ornish, who has built a reputation on advocating healthy living, and U.C.S.F. colleagues report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA that they found the activity of more
than 500 genes in the normal tissue of 30 men with low - risk prostate cancer changed after the patients began exercising regularly and eating diets heavy in fruit, veggies and whole grain (supplemented with soy,
fish oil, the mineral selenium and vitamins C and E) and low in
red meat and fats.
So it seems key to replace
red or processed
meat — or other less -
than - healthy fare — with
fish, the heart association advised.
Research from the Massachusetts General Hospital showed that those who consumed a large quantity of animal protein — especially if they ate more processed
red meat than fish or poultry — had a higher risk of premature death
than the average person.
It takes more
than 15,000 litres of water to produce a single kilo of beef, and
red meat produces 150 per cent more carbon emissions
than chicken or
fish.
The new analysis, conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital, found that people who ate a lot of animal protein had a higher -
than - average risk of dying over the next few decades, especially if they favored processed
red meat over
fish or poultry.
And according to Harvard Public School of Health, risk of dying of those diseases is higher with excess
red meat than other lean protein such as poultry and
fish.
But then
fish and chicken have even more
than red meat
On average, plant foods have 64 times more antioxidant power
than red meat, poultry,
fish, dairy, and eggs, but is it a fair comparison?
Foods rich in protein are the best sources of lysine, but some protein sources, such as
red meat, poultry and some types of
fish, have more of it
than others.
For your animal protein, focus on white
meats such as
fish, chicken and turkey as well lamb, which is considered more «pink»
than red meat.
Consume
red meat no more
than twice a week initially, and eat more
fish and chicken.
You mention
red meat and
fish more
than poultry — where does that fit in?
Although substituting plant foods for various animal foods was associated with a lower mortality,
red meat, especially processed
red meat, showed a much stronger association
than fish and poultry, which themselves were not associated with mortality (eTable 6 in the Supplement).
Animal fats in general are usually saturated, although fin
fish contains highly unsaturated fat and the fat in shellfish, poultry and wild game is considerably less saturated
than that in
red meats.
In some cases it is the entire food family that your pet is reacting to, so switching from a beef diet to a different type of
meat, like poultry or
fish, may have better results
than switching to another
red meat alternative like bison or lamb.