Apparently, there are some of you out there eating red and processed meats with every meal.
I was scanning the news real quick, and I saw this item in the New York Times: Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat. A new study shows that people who eat more red or processed meat don’t live as long as the rest of us. Here’s the money quote:
To prevent premature deaths related to red and processed meats, Dr. Popkin suggested in an interview that people should eat a hamburger only once or twice a week instead of every day, a small steak once a week instead of every other day, and a hot dog every month and a half instead of once a week.
Umm, OK. Really? Are even you low-carb people eating that much red and processed meat? I guess someone is.
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Yikes! We love and I mean LOVE beef, but we normally only eat it once or twice a week for dinner with leftovers for lunch. I can’t imagine eating it more often, even with as much as we like it.
Really?! Who eats a hamburger EVERY day? I feel guilty when I have one once a week on consecutive weeks.
Hi Laura, Your Mom included your blog in her announcement email (forwarded by Anne). I love your blog! I think we have the same taste in cookbooks; one great cookbook you may enjoy but may go against the red meat article you mention is All About Braising, by Molly Stevens. Anyway, enjoy the early days with Harper. As you know, they grow up so fast!
My grandfather ate pork and beef everyday, he also drank and smoked… Doctor said it was going to kill him, it DID… took 103 years but it killed him.