The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association: Is Meat Killing Us?
May 2016, Vol 116
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It’s been tough to be a meat lover over the last year or so. It seems like every few months—or weeks—some health organization or high-profile group of scientists issues a report linking meat consumption to cancer or another scary malady. If you thought 2016 was going to be any different, more bad news: a massive new study has found that meat doesn’t just give you cancer—it raises mortality rates and your likelihood of dying from any number of diet-related ailments.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona reviewed six large-scale studies that tracked more than 1.5 million people for periods ranging from five-and-a-half to 28 years. Participants ranged from hardcore vegans to those who stuffed their face with meat every day. Their review, published under the title “Is Meat Killing Us?” in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, found that meat is, indeed, killing us.
Though it may come as no surprise by this point, a diet that includes red meat—including beef, pork, lamb and game, or processed meats like hot dogs, sausage, and ham—raises the risks of developing cardiovascular disease or cancer, as well as of suffering from health problems like diabetes and increased blood pressure. Processed meats were found to be particularly harmful.
And if you thought just a little meat now and then isn’t so bad, the review found that the steepest rise in mortality occurred at the smallest increases of red-meat intake.
Furthermore—as vegans will surely love to point out—the study found that in smaller studies, “a vegan diet has been shown to improve several parameters of health, including reversal of cardiovascular disease, decreased body mass index, decreased risk of diabetes, and decreased blood pressure.”
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Find the full study - written by Heather Fields, MD; Denise Millstine, MD; Neera Agrwal, MD and Lisa Marks, MLS, AHIP - in The Journal of The American Osteopathic Association, available in its entirety
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This isn't the best news for meat eaters, but for anyone considering a vegan diet, it's great! Please note that this content is not intended to belittle anybody or make other people out to look better than others - and likewise - I ask that the same occurs in the comments.
For those interested in further discussion, or have questions or concerns about pursuing a vegan lifestyle, PM me! It's all love here - love for animals, the environment, the planet's resources and of course, your health
pls share more articles like this about how healthy fish are or how processed sugar increases diabetes' prevelance. 