Study: Red Meat Bad for Health & Longevity
The New York Times breaks down a recent study of red meat’s effect on your health. In short, red meat is bad for your health and your longevity. Here’s their description of the results:
Now a new study of more than 500,000 Americans has provided the best evidence yet that our affinity for red meat has exacted a hefty price on our health and limited our longevity.
The study found that, other things being equal, the men and women who consumed the most red and processed meat were likely to die sooner, especially from one of our two leading killers, heart disease and cancer, than people who consumed much smaller amounts of these foods.
While nothing can replace a mouth-watering steak or a juicy burger, there are plenty of tasty alternatives. Here a few examples:
- Pork
- Buffalo (Bison)
- Chicken
- Turkey
- Fish (Tuna and salmon are the best.)
