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If there’s one thing the past year has taught us, it’s that people love to argue about meat. There have been documentaries and social media crusades claiming it’s good, it’s bad, and everything in between—all citing studies that come to various conclusions. We’ve even had experts cover it on our podcast, M&F Reps. But a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association claims to have significant evidence that red meat and processed meats are linked to a higher risk of heart disease and death.
In the same way it’s tough to sift through all of the studies about eggs or coffee, getting to the bottom of whether meat is bad for you is no easy task. New studies come out all the time, and some have garnered serious attention.
This latest study from Northwestern Medicine and Cornell University pooled information from 29,682 American adults in six different studies and found that people who ate two servings of processed meat, unprocessed red meat, or poultry per week all had a higher risk of heart disease. The former two were also linked to all-cause mortality, while poultry wasn’t. Fish wasn’t associated with either outcome.
All in all, the difference isn’t staggering—eating two servings of red meat and procesed meat each week was linked to a 3 to 7 percent greater risk of heart disease and premature death, while eating poultry was linked to a 4 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease. According to this particular study, fish is in the clear.
“It’s a small difference, but it’s worth trying to reduce red meat and processed meat like pepperoni, bologna and deli meats,” senior study author Norrina Allen, associate professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, said in a release. “Red meat consumption also is consistently linked to other health problems like cancer.”
That’s not to say you should avoid red meat at all costs, but you may want to try including more fish and pant-based protein in your diet.
“Fish, seafood and plant-based sources of protein such as nuts and legumes, including beans and peas, are excellent alternatives to meat and are under-consumed in the U.S.,” study coauthor Linda Van Horn, a professor of preventive medicine at Feinberg and member of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory committee, suggested.
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Check out the comparison:
In the caption, “The Titan” explains that consistency has been the key to maintaining his incredible build for more than 40 years, 37 of which he’s spent on the bodybuilding stage.
“It mattered more to train when I was sad, depressed, no money, or life just knocked me down,” O’Hearn wrote in the caption. “It’s more Important to train at that point than any other time. I was 9 years old when I understood this.”
We certainly wouldn’t accuse O’Hearn of being lazy, and we doubt anyone else would, either. Even as a new dad to son Titan, who was born last March, O’Hearn clearly hasn’t slowed down. He often guest poses at bodybuilding events, and he even became a meme after falling off the stage during an appearance at the 2019 NPC Northwest Championship back in November.
What’s more, he was a good sport about it. Despite being serious about training, The Titan has a pretty good sense of humor when it comes to his social media. Follow him at @mikeohearn to keep up with The Titan.
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Science Determines Eating One Egg Per Day Is Safe
There seems to be a different study on eggs every week, with some claiming they’re good for you and others saying they’re dangerous for your health. Even more have said they’re OK, but only if you limit the number of eggs you eat each week.
Figuring out just how much is egg-ceptable has been a hard shell to crack, but according to the yolks at Canada’s McCaster University, the number appears to be one a day.
The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that eating one egg per day did not increase one’s risk of heart disease. To ensure the results were accurate, researchers looked at the egg consumption of more than 146,000 people from 21 countries, and also looked at the cases of more than 31,000 people with heart disease. Those who ate seven or fewer eggs per week did not have a higher chance of heart disease or mortality risk.
“Moderate egg intake, which is about one egg per day in most people, does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or mortality, even if people have a history of cardiovascular disease or diabetes,” Mahshid Dehghan, first author of the study, said in a release.
We know that eggs contain vital nutrients and have even been associated with helping men increase their testosterone. Yet it’s also a fact that too much of a good thing can be bad for you.
So why did it take this long to find the magic number of eggs you can eat per week? The researchers said prior studies relied on small sample sizes and were limited to only a few countries, unlike this one which had a large number of people included from a variety of nationalities.
So crack on—just not too much.
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