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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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After combing through 7,000 studies that date back 40 years, a five year long scientific panel has reached some conclusions...
* Limit body fat. Your body mass index should be between 18.5 to 24.9. Weight around the waist is most dangerous.
* Limit red meat to 2.5 ounces a day. An additional 1.7 ounces a day increases cancer risk by 15 percent. That means an 8 ounce steak or a quarter-pound hamburger would be the limit for a week.
* Limit alcohol to two drinks a day for men, one drink a day for women.
* Limit salt intake to 2 grams a day. That's about a teaspoon a day, instead of the teaspoon and a half that most people eat. To give you an idea of how much salt is in food — just one cup of cottage cheese has half the salt you should eat in a day: half a teaspoon. Processed foods are almost always higher in salt.
If meat is now considered that dangerous, why would anyone want to eat something so poisonous?
More Info:
Telegraph - Red meat and alcohol are major cancer causes
ABC News - New Cancer RecommendationsLabels: health |
posted by veggiedude on:
10/31/2007 02:59:00 PM
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You said further processed meats not whole cuts. There is a difference but I am not sure you understand your foods.