Several studies
show meat intake to be a breast cancer risk factor, even when confounding factors, such as total caloric intake and total fat intake, are controlled.22, 23 Part of the reason may be that meat becomes a source of carcinogens and / or mutagens, such as HCAs, that are formed while cooking meat at high temperatures.
Not exact matches
Research has
shown a direct relationship between the consumption of red
meat and heart disease, so reducing or eliminating your
intake of
meat for health reasons, makes sense.
These results
showed that the DASH diet — which emphasizes reduced salt, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low - fat dairy products and reduced
intake of red
meats, sweets and saturated fats — had a marked positive improvement on blood pressure and cholesterol.
As such, the data
show very low
intakes of vegetables, fruits and their derivatives, low consumption of cereals, mainly refined, and high
intake of
meats and their derivatives and products prepared with high sodium, fat and added sugar content.
After adjustment for
intake of
meat, beer, potatoes, root crops, and vegetables the associations were weakened, but significant inverse associations remained between 15:0 in serum cholesterol esters and body weight and BMI (data not
shown).
When adjustments were made for
intake of
meat, beer, vegetables, and root crops, the
intake of fat from milk and cream was still related to body weight, waist circumference, BMI, the waist - to - hip ratio, and the fasting plasma glucose concentration (data not
shown).
However, grilled and fried chicken also contain HCAs, and yet studies have
shown no connection between poultry
intake and cancer, and cereal products, not
meats, are the major source of PAHs in the typical American diet.
Dr. Herta Spencer, of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, explains that the animal and human studies that correlated calcium loss with high protein diets used isolated, fractionated amino acids from milk or eggs.19 Her studies
show that when protein is given as
meat, subjects do not
show any increase in calcium excreted, or any significant change in serum calcium, even over a long period.20 Other investigators found that a high - protein
intake increased calcium absorption when dietary calcium was adequate or high, but not when calcium
intake was a low 500 mg per day.21
As I mentioned my daughter had two very successful pregnancies but had to «
show» her physicians that her protein
intake was adequate as they were pushing
meat / dairy... maybe they learned from her.
Also, although agmatine and other polyamines found in fermented
meats, fish, and certain beverages have been
shown to have a variety of experimental benefits related to brain health [165, 166], a safe level of
intake remains unknown [165].
«Clinically and cognitively normal individuals with and without AD risk factors, following dietary patterns characterized by high
intakes of whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish, and low - fat dairy products (which provide higher
intakes of vitamin B12, vitamin D, and n - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) and by low
intakes of refined sugars, French fries, high - fat dairy products, butter, and processed
meat,
show lower accumulation of Aβ in the brain and higher cerebral glucose metabolism, as evidenced by neuroimaging analysis of gray matter volumes (a marker of brain atrophy), C - Pittsburgh compound B (to measure the accumulation of fibrillar Aβ), and F - fluorodeoxyglucose (to assess brain glucose metabolism.»
It took a study comparing
meat - eaters to vegans to
show that higher IGF - 1 levels were only associated with animal protein
intake.
Research
shows that eating more plant - based foods and less
meat increases your
intake of key nutrients, such as dietary fiber, and reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even some cancers.
has
shown a correlation between a high
intake of red
meat, both processed and unprocessed, and an increased risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.
In relation to CVD, elevated blood pressure has been
shown to be positively associated with higher
intakes of red and processed
meat, even though the mechanism is unclear, except that possibly
meat may substitute for other beneficial foods such as grains, fruits, or vegetables.32 Mean plasma total cholesterol, low - density lipoprotein cholesterol, very - low - density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride levels were found to be decreased in subjects who substituted red
meat with fish.33, 34 Vegetarians have lower arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acid levels and higher linoleate and antioxidant levels in platelet phospholipids; such a biochemical profile may be related to decreased atherogenesis and thrombogenesis.34 - 36
Daily
meat intake has been
shown to be associated with increased pancreatic cancer risk in a number of prospective, cohort, and case - control studies.5 Some of these studies have singled out beef and pork consumption and have concluded there is a higher risk for pancreatic cancer with a higher
intake of these foods.5
These supplementation studies tell us that turkeys are indeed sensitive to their dietary
intake with respect to omega - 3s and that this sensitivity
shows up in the composition of turkey
meat.