Is eating beef really bad for you? Does it cause heart attacks, strokes, and cancers, as we are constantly being told by diet dictocrats? It’s pretty easy to get confused, and we women are especially vulnerable, because we want to be healthy and look good, right?
What is the truth?
Consider the following:
- Studies indicate that, if our ancestors had not eaten red meats, the brain of humans would be 1/4 of its present size! During human evolution, our adaptation to red meat and the vital protein and fats it provides, is one of the KEY reasons behind the rapid growth in our intelligence and brain capacity.. without meat we still would be living in the trees eating bananas!
- In regions where people have the longest lifespan, the diet is based almost exclusively on meat of ruminant animals and cultured dairy products.
- Protein in beef and lamb provides plenty of building blocks for our body, ensuring strong lean muscles and healthy hormones.
- Red meat is an excellent source of vital minerals like zinc, iron, and magnesium. In meat, these minerals exist in form that is much easier for the body to absorb compared to the minerals in grains and pulses.
- Vitamin B12, which can be obtained ONLY from animal sources and which is abundant in beef, is crucial for a healthy nervous system and blood.
- The carnitine in red meat is essential for balanced and steady functioning of the eart.
- Beef and lamb fat is rich in linoleic and palmiotelic acids, which have strong anticancer effects and fight viruses and other pathogens.
In the next article, we will discover the best ways to cook red meat so that its vital force is not destroyed. In the meantime, remember that beef or lamb on your plate is not only a gourmet delight, but also the best way to protect your beauty and health.
oh, I love beef… It’s great to know that chicken is not the only healthy meat out there! ;)
To Amanda Brown,
Thank you for your very interesting article on the “Benefits of Eating meat” … looking forward to more of your articles.
All the best!
Wow this is utter crap! Points one and two ignorant and have been shown to be totally bunk. Meat is just plain Nasty and the real facts according to The National Institute for Cancer is that red meat causes Cancer! Plus it is covered in feces. Enjoy your E-Coli covered cancer burger.
This is a ery nice to know information. Thanks for the article.
Beef has most of the good proteins and vitamins when cattle are allowed to feed off their natural diet. grass. it is when cattle are feed corn by-products and hundreds are stuck in feedlots that you get the results that YourDaddy is talking about. Cows don’t get E-Coli by eating grass and produce more Omega-3 fatty acids that do in fact help reduce many neurological problems like ADD or Alzheimer’s disease.
So - our brains are bigger because we ate meat??? Why haven’t are brains developed enough to know you can get all the nutrients from plant a based diet without harming the planet and without adding all that nasty artery clogging animal fat in your body? The animal industry is the #1 contributor to global warming and deforestation. I’ve been a healthy vegan for 6 years as I watch my over-weight, unhealthy omnivore friends and family get sick all the time. For health & heart - Go VEGAN
Kait:
“Cows don’t get E-Coli by eating grass”.
Escherichia coli does not “comes” with the grass. It is naturally installed in the intestine of the cows.
What happens? When the cow is being slaughtered, their intestine is still full of feces. Those feces may contaminate your beef.
You get the coli, I get the broccoli.
Besides,
I am ADD.
And I’m pretty much better over the past two years since I quit eating any kind of meat. In fact, I even quit taking Ritalin, because I don’t need it anymore.
Best wishes!
Marie, wow, I did not that not eating meat helps that much! Thank you for the tip! My little brother is ADD, we’ll try that! Thanks a lot!
I don’t know about #1 but #2 forgot about Japan, #3 forgot about soy which is a VERY good substitute for meat in terms of protein, #4 numerous veggies provide just as much minerals and have added benefits, #5 B12 is abundant in shellfish, i don’t know about #6, #7 there are new studies involving burnt red meat and their possible carcinogens (and we know how often that happens).
i’m an omnivore but i don’t think this lady did her homework….
I fully agree with this article. My opinions based purely on research rather than propoganda. Hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours over 6 years has convinced me totally that the last thing people should be afraid of is red meat or saturated fats. Yes….grass fed makes a huge difference.
Soy is NOT healthy. Also based on sound research.
Other facts; Cattle are usually ranged on land not suitable to farming, or anything else. Farming is one of the biggest polluters. Think of the massive amounts of chemicals used for one thing.
Spend some real time researching for yourself. You’re health will benefit. You can start by reading one of the best newest books on the subject, Good Calories, Bad Calories. By Gary Taubes.
Vitamin B12 is recycled in your body. It can last for approximately 25 years, so that’s definitely not a dietary concern. And I believe you forgot to mention mad cow. I’m pretty sure that’s one of them, since it has the word “cow” in it… Also, meat => heart disease. That’s pretty much a given fact nowadays; not sure where you’ve been.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html
Maybe you should the internet to educate yourself rather than post your “facts” that don’t list any sources.
One thing you did forget to list as a benefit to eating red meat: the increased iron levels in red meat, especially beef and venison, have led many culures to view meat as an aphrodisiac. Also, again due to the high iron content, red meat is good for people who have anemia. I know this from personal experience. During my pregnancies with my second and third children, my ob/gyn put me on a meat-heavy diet to reverse anemia since I was unable to phyically tolerate the iron suplements or prenatal vitamins.
On a similar note, to all the people who felt they HAD to say that people who support the eating of red meat are stupid, I have one thing to say: remember the golden rule. If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. Polite discussion is one thing, insisting on sterotypes is thoughtless and rude.
I grew up in Texas eating beef it was not until I started eating the so called healthy meats (i.e chicken and soy products) that I started putting on wight and getting slow in my thinking give me a good American beef and I can do anything the key is not having foreign made beef most of all china they have no quality control if they cause death o’well just part of doing business
Spend some time reading research journals and text books instead of online articles and propaganda, which hopefully, we all understand are always biased. Beef is very nutritious, as mentioned, Vit B-12 is the obvious but also iron, particularly in the diet of women as they have a greater requirement and it is biologically available. In plants, many nutrients can be bound within fibrous portions, reducing or preventing absorption from the digestive tract. I am not saying “don’t eat plants” but everything in moderation as we DO require a well balanced diet.