About that Recent Red Meat Study

I have been tempted to switch to vegetarian or even vegan diets on occasion, mostly out of compassion for sentient life, particularly the way sentient life is treated in factory farms throughout the world. Although I have never made the switch, I do go through periods where I eat less or even no animal flesh, and I try to get my dairy and eggs from a local farm (personal circumstances don't always make this possible). But while humans evolved to be able to eat a varied diet, vegan or even vegetarian diets require planning to provide deficiencies of various nutrients.. VeganHealth.org is a good resource on this topic.


Anyway, reading articles from the Western A. Price Foundation website many years ago also convinced me that the dangers of cholesterol, saturated fats, and animal proteins were largely or completely unfounded, which is why I was interested in the recently published study on red meat that claimed it was bad for you in multitudinous ways. Yesterday, however, a friend of mine who has similar views on nutrition sent me the following link: Will Eating Red Meat Kill You? Here's a quote to get you started:

In case you’re skeptical that observational studies can run disturbingly contrary to reality, look no further than the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) craze that peaked a few decades ago. By 1991, 30 observational studies—including this one based on none other than the Nurses’ Health data—collectively showed that women taking estrogen seemed to have a 44% reduction in heart disease risk compared to their non-hormone-replacing counterparts. Naturally, this led literally millions of women to jump on the estrogen bandwagon in pursuit of better health and longer lives. A very unfortunate oopsie-daisy sprouted up later when some randomized, controlled trials finally emerged and revealed that rather than being protective, hormone replacement therapy actually increased heart disease risk by 29%!

 Give the article a look see.