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7 Kasım 2016 Pazartesi
Tax meat and dairy to cut emissions and save lives, study urges
Climate taxes on meat and milk would lead to huge and vital cuts in carbon emissions as well as saving half a million lives a year via healthier diets, according to the first global analysis of the issue.
Surcharges of 40% on beef and 20% on milk would account for the damage their production causes people via climate change, an Oxford University team has calculated. These taxes would then deter people from consuming as much of these foods, reducing both emissions and illness, the team said.
Food production causes a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving global warming, largely from the raising of cattle and other livestock. These emissions are increasing as people around the world become richer and eat more meat.
Marco Springmann, from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, who led the study, said: “It is clear that if we don’t do something about the emissions from our food system, we have no chance of limiting climate change below 2C.
“But if you’d have to pay 40% more for your steak, you might choose to have it once a week instead of twice.”
The research, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, evaluated the tax required for each food type to compensate for the climate damage its production causes. Beef has a heavy footprint, due to the deforestation and methane emissions associated with cattle and the grains they are fed, and needed a 40% tax on average across the world.
The scientists then assessed how much less of each food type would be eaten as a result of the taxes. They examined different tax regimes and found the optimum arrangement in terms of both emissions and health was to combine the taxes with subsidies for healthy foods, such as fruit and vegetables, and payments to people to compensate for price increases. This ensured poorer people did not end up with worse diets as the result of taxation.
This optimum tax plan would reduce climate emissions by 1 billion tonnes a year – the same as the entire global aviation industry. This huge potential cut in emissions surprised Springmann, as did the heavy impact of dairy products.
Changes to how food is produced and consumed have largely been ignored in the battle against climate change, due to public sensitivity about their food choices, fears about increasing hunger in poorer parts of the world and the lack of straightforward measures to tackle the problem.
“If people see any food price rise, they get angry, so you have to explain why you are doing it,” said Springmann, adding that a successful food tax policy could spend all the money it raised on ensuring people could afford healthier diets. He said a tax in Denmark on unhealthy saturated fats, where the government simply kept all the revenue, was aborted after a year. But in Mexico, a sugar tax on soft drinks has been successful after the funds were spent on free drinking water in schools.
Most of the foods with big climate impacts also happen to be unhealthy when eaten in large quantities, such as beef and dairy. Therefore, if climate taxes cut consumption, fewer people would die from related diseases such as heart disease, strokes and cancers. In the US, for example, people eat three times the recommended level of meat. The researchers found climate taxes would save more than half a million early deaths every year, largely in Europe, the US, Australia and China.
However, cutting the demand for meat and dairy would not be easy, said Rob Bailey, research director at UK thinktank Chatham House: “The challenge is political. As the new research demonstrates, in many countries there is a very strong public health and climate case for dietary change, but it isn’t happening. Governments are reluctant to ‘interfere’ in people’s lifestyle choices for fear of a public backlash and criticism for ‘nanny statism’, as well as the reaction from powerful interests in the food industry and agricultural lobby.”
Bailey said there was currently little pressure on governments to act, partly because the public understanding of the link between diet and climate change is low. But, when people are informed, they find meat taxes far less unpalatable than is supposed, he said.
Calls to cut meat-eating, by the UN and high-profile figures including climate change experts and the economist Lord Stern, have so far been both rare and controversial.
The new research found the taxes needed to compensate for climate damage were 15% on lamb, 8.5% on chicken, 7% on pork and 5% on eggs. Vegetable oil required a large tax of 25%, but this was due to the low initial price of the product, making a relatively modest surcharge look high.
These tax levels were global averages but there was significant variation with, for example, the beef tax being higher in Latin America, where cattle-raising produces more emissions than in other regions. The optimum tax plan also had regional variations, including limiting climate taxes to beef in the lowest income countries, to ensure people there were still able to afford decent diets.
Springmann said it was critical to find a way to cut the environmental impact of food production: “Either we have climate change and more heart disease, diabetes and obesity, or we do something about the food system.”
Tax meat and dairy to cut emissions and save lives, study urges
5 Ekim 2016 Çarşamba
What Happens When you Stop Eating Meat?
What happens when you stop eating meat? Why is it that when people say that they want to live a healthier lifestyle, one of the first foods that they plan to give up is meat? Does lowering your meat intake or entirely eliminating it from your diet have positive effects? Find the answers to these questions through this article.
#1 – You will feel a lot happier
If you are wondering what happens when you stop eating meat, then take note that one of its benefits is that you’ll feel happier. This is because your diet will most likely consist of more fruits and vegetables, both of which can boost your mental health and mood naturally. You will feel less stressed out since you are no longer putting dangerous stuff into your body.
#2 – You will lose weight
Giving up meat can also result in significant weight loss. In fact, those who focus on eating a plant-based diet tend to consume less fat and calories. It also aids in lowering their body mass index.
Animal foods, such as dairy products and meat, are excellent sources of fats, particularly saturated fats as well as cholesterol. Aside from increasing your daily calorie intake, meat can also increase your risk of developing chronic diseases. Achieve your desired weight loss plus lower your risk of suffering from serious illnesses by reducing or eliminating meat from your diet.
#3 – You have greater chances of reversing heart diseases
One of the most common causes of early and unwanted deaths in the US is heart disease. If you let go of meat and focus on following a plant-based diet, you will have higher chances of treating your heart disease. Aside from that, you can also reverse its progression. This is a good thing if you want to maintain excellent cardiovascular health.
#4 – You can contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gasses
Animal agriculture is said to produce higher amounts of greenhouse gasses than what the entire transportation industry can produce. You can be of help in saving the environment by reducing your meat intake or entirely eliminating animal-based foods from your diet. This move can contribute a lot to reducing the adverse effects of climate change.
#5 – You can live longer
A meat-free lifestyle can result in a longer life. In fact, avoiding red meat can prolong your life by up to twenty percent. Note that one serving of red meat can increase your chances of suffering from illnesses that may lead to death by up to thirteen percent, so it would be better to stay away from it.
#6 – You can save more
High-quality organic meat, which refers to those produced humanely while also causing the least damage to your health, can be extremely costly. If you want to stick to your budget without subjecting yourself to the harsh effects of conventional meat, then it would be better to get rid of it. You can also save more since you won’t make yourself vulnerable to diseases that require you to spend a lot on medications and possible hospitalizations.
Deciding to go on a meat-free diet can also help you produce healthy bacteria in your gut, reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, eliminate body inflammation, lower your cholesterol level, and enjoy a healthier and more glowing skin.
Now that you know what happens when you stop eating meat, it is time to let it go and follow a healthier more plant-based diet.
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6 Eylül 2016 Salı
A good reason to beat your meat habit
I remember when there was E.coli outbreak in beef treated with ammonia (it is treated with ammonia in an attempt to kill bacteria). And yes, it’s the same ammonia commonly found in floor cleaners, which can comprise up to 15% of many fast-food burgers. It is also used in the ground beef that goes into the U.S. school lunch program.
Years ago, the New York Times published a report on the lack of efficacy of ammonia treatment in killing salmonella and E.coli in beef from South Dakota’s, Beef Products, Inc. (BPI).
According to BPI’s website they are the largest processor (a euphemism for murderer) of beef in the country with their ammoniated product is used in frozen hamburger, taco meats, low-fat hot dogs, beef-stick snacks, and is sold to fast-food chains.
BPI uses low-grade beef trimmings (notoriously high in microbial pathogens like E.coli, Salmonella, Lysteria, and Staph), spins off the fat, then pumps the, if you’ll pardon the expression, beef full of ammonia in an attempt to kill the pathogens that multiplied during the fat removal process.
Unfortunately, not all the pathogens are reduced and some might even be increased. At present, the product ends up in 70% of hamburgers served in the U.S. The projection is 100% in five years.
The ammonia used in BPI’s meat (?) substance does not have to be listed as an ingredient as it is classified as a “processing agent”.
Another slaughterhouse practice is to gas beef with carbon monoxide as it keeps the flesh red for weeks. This deludes customers into thinking they are getting freshly killed cow bodies despite the fact that it has already spoiled.
In this same NYT report, it was found that the USDA whole heartedly endorses BPI’s ammonia treatment. They believed in it so much that they exempted BPI’s hamburger sold to the general public from any testing.
Even though the school lunch program finds tainted meat from time to time, it continues to buy it. Apparently, the low price they pay saves them about $ 1 million a year. In addition, school lunch officials increased the amount of BPI meat allowed in its hamburgers from 10% to 15% to increase savings.
Despite massive recalls, disease outbreaks, and scares over mad cow disease, way back when, the U.S. demand for beef has remained relatively constant. Why? Because there is complete faith in “our government’s food inspections”! Are these people drunk??
Meat that is spoiled is sold as fresh due to chemicals to keep it red. Ground beef is made from the scrapings off the slaughter-house floors with ammonia added to kill the bacteria. The school lunch program continues to buy this garbage because it saves them money.
And, in Hawaii, a bill gets killed that would allow vegetarian and vegan meals to be offered in the public schools. And who was influential in killing the bill? The Hawaii Department of Health and the Department of Education.
All of this coming from a government of the people, by the people, and FOR the people. God help us!
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A good reason to beat your meat habit
3 Eylül 2016 Cumartesi
The NHS has banned cigarettes and should ban meat too – both cause cancer
The World Health Organisation ranks bacon, ham and sausages alongside smoking as a cause of cancer, placing processed meats in the same carcinogenic category as asbestos, alcohol and arsenic. The World Cancer Research Fund advises eating cured meats as little as possible – ideally not at all. And there’s persuasive evidence that, compared to a solely plant-based diet, eating meat shortens life and makes people sicker and fatter.
Against this background, the NHS allows fast food chains in its hospitals. Patient menus offer a wide selection of meats every day. And creamed potatoes, beef casserole and sweet chilli pork and rice are recommended “healthier choices”. Patients can tuck into disease-promoting animal flesh, but do not enjoy unrestricted hedonism. Meat eaters who enjoy a relaxing cigarette after dinner are prevented from doing so, apparently in their own and others’ best interests, thanks to a blanket ban on smoking.
But how can the NHS sensibly ban cigarettes as a known health hazard while simultaneously promoting meat? To endorse one known danger while completely banning a similar one makes no sense. Either it’s OK to allow free choice or it’s OK to prevent “unhealthy behaviours”, but you can’t have it both ways. If you ban smoking you have to ban meat, which causes considerably more damage to animals, the environment and individuals than smoking. If you don’t ban meat, then you can’t ban smoking. Which is it to be? George Orwell coined the idea of doublethink in his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four to highlight the troubling phenomenon where we simultaneously accept mutually contradictory beliefs as true, blissfully unaware there’s any conflict.
In doublethink we fail to notice even the most stunning inconsistencies. Most people like to think of themselves as animal lovers – in the UK for example about half of all households keep pets – yet it’s estimated that only 2%–10% of the UK population is vegetarian (will eat dairy and eggs) and less than 1% is vegan (will not eat or use any animal matter). So it seems that at least 50 million British animal lovers are happy to eat them, which is surely more than a little weird.
We’ve all seen people putting money in animal charity collection boxes with one hand, while eating a beef burger with the other. But even staring absurdity in the face, most of us don’t notice a problem. We only see it once we’re ready to. Until then we flick it away: “pets are different”, “pigs are meant to be eaten”, “we have to have our iron”, “all farmed animals are treated well”, “you can slaughter animals humanely”, and so on.
We are plagued by doublethink because we habitually separate the world into unrelated packets. Smoking is a health issue. Meat is normal. Alcohol is bad. Not allowing tobacco products to be displayed is health promotion. Allowing body parts of slaughtered animals on public view in supermarkets is wholesome. Illogical beliefs appear compatible if their true connections are disguised. Smoking is tightly wrapped in a packet labelled “Very bad for your health”, whereas eating meat is in a quite different packet called “a balanced diet” or “you need your protein”. So long as we see the world in disconnected chunks, we can avoid serious thought, and preserve the status quo. We need more opportunity to think deeply for ourselves. And where better to begin than in the NHS, which should offer balanced information about many life choices, not just those which it’s fashionable to ban.
David Seedhouse is professor of values-based practice at the University of Worcester. His new book, Thoughtful Health Care: A Practical Guide to the Power of Awareness will be published by Sage in the spring.
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The NHS has banned cigarettes and should ban meat too – both cause cancer
15 Haziran 2014 Pazar
Why Meat And Protein Are Not The Exact same
In the final week alone, there is been ample conflicting research on meat to turn a man or woman veggie (and that may well not be a bad way to go). Amongst the most recent study results, animal protein will give you heart condition and breast cancer, and probably kill you. On the upside it might save you from a stroke, and it aids build muscle. There are obviously some caveats at play. One situation is that even within a offered group (e.g., animal protein), the overall health results can differ tremendously. The other question is no matter whether we can have also significantly protein all round, even of the “purest” kind. While eating more protein is not needed for most Americans – we consider in an terrible good deal previously – the place we get our protein is the question.
So what do we do? The reply really hasn’t altered extremely a lot in excess of the many years, in spite of the apparent uptick of conflicting proof: Eat ample but not excessive amounts of protein, definitely from plants, and probably from fish, eggs, and poultry. And if you’re going to indulge in red meat (and there is evidence that some folks possibly need to), just about everybody advises to do it sparingly.
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Here’s a recap of the research in the final week. One particular study discovered that red meat was linked to an increase in the risk of breast cancer, in a review of in excess of 88,000 nurses in the Nurses’ Overall health Study II. Nuts, beans, fish, and poultry, didn’t seem to be to post the very same threat, even so, and poultry alone was linked to a decrease threat of breast cancer.
Another study located, not remarkably, the meat consumption was linked to heart disease in a study of 37,000 middle-aged males – but there was difference when the researchers broke it down and looked at processed vs. unprocessed meat. Men who ate mainly unprocessed red meat didn’t have any better danger of heart illness, but guys who ate largely processed meats – hotdogs, sausages, and this kind of – had a significantly increased danger of heart disease and cardiac-relevant death.
Ultimately, one particular research appeared at 1st glance to give a ray of hope for the meat lover, finding that high-protein diets may possibly decrease the danger of stroke, very likely for blood-stress lowering factors. Animal protein was connected with a considerably diminished danger of stroke in a meta-examination of above 250,000 people. But once more, a caveat: The authors say the findings do not lengthen to red meat, since it’s recognized to enhance the threat of stroke. For that reason, headlines touting the truth that “protein lowers stroke risk!” along with a picture of steak are misleading, and readers need to comprehend that the source genuinely does matter.
There are a number of reasons why protein may each healthier and unhealthy, dependent on the kind, quantity, and stage of existence you’re in. Proteins are made up of amino acids, which are essential in just about each and every component of our cells’ framework and function. Some amino acids can be created by the physique, but other people can not, so we have to eat them. The presence or absence of these vital amino acids, of which there are 9, are what make a protein “complete” or “incomplete.” Animal sources of protein are generally full – eggs, dairy products, and meat/poultry/fish. Veggies typically supply only incomplete proteins, which is why it is crucial for vegetarians to pair various plant sources. (Quinoa may possibly be the exception.)
So protein is essential, but in substantial doses, some have recommended it could also be detrimental. A single explanation is that it appears to trigger the production of a growth issue, IGF-I, which is linked to cancer cell proliferation. Some scientific studies, like this current 1, have found that any type of protein, but animal protein in distinct, is linked to an elevated cancer risk. Valter Longo, who headed the study, says that “[a]lmost everyone is going to have a cancer cell or pre-cancer cell in them at some level,” says Longo. “The query is: Does it progress? Turns out 1 of the main factors in figuring out if it does is protein consumption.”
The other issue is that we do not consume protein alone: It comes with fats, carcinogens, and hormones. Red meat in certain looks to be in a class of its very own. It has been proven in a amount of scientific studies to increase the danger for colon cancer there is less proof that other kinds of cancer are linked to red meat. Despite the fact that the mechanism is not completely clear, some researchers have recommended it is the type of iron in red meat that may possibly trigger the formation of cancer-triggering N-Nitroso compounds. Others have recommended that it’s the heterocyclic amines (HCAs) — carcinogens are released when meat is cooked below greater temperatures. And red meat has been linked to heart disease several times in excess of, but probably for causes related to unwanted fat articles, rather than protein.
So a single concern is that meat and protein are not precisely interchangeable, since any variety of protein carries along with it plenty of other compounds. Steak and turkey breast could have very various results on the entire body. And once again, the tougher query is whether or not large doses of protein from any source pose overall health hazards. Longo stresses that from his research, at least, all varieties of protein have been linked with cancer, even that from plants. “Keep in thoughts that for cancer, plant proteins at large ranges are still connected with a 3-fold higher mortality. But this is not as negative as that for animal protein (4-fold). For overall mortality rather, the animal-to-plant switch can make a massive difference.”
The protein-wellness connection will need a lot far more study before recognize it totally. The effects of a single molecule in meals made of a lot of, several molecules are very difficult to isolate. In the meantime, maintain protein intake moderate: Most organizations suggest swapping out red meat for other sources, and taking in about 46 grams per day for women, and 56 grams per day for males.
So have a tiny protein, but stay away from the fats, hormones, and carcinogens, in which you can. Plants, fish, and eggs are possibly ideal, if you crave it, a burger each and every now and then possibly won’t destroy you. Of course, consuming plant-primarily based proteins also provides you the peace of mind that you’re not contracting Mad Cow Condition along with it. Whilst the current scare seems to be largely a technical glitch, and not any true biological lead to for concern, the vegetarians out there will breath a signal of relief that the problem doesn’t pertain to them.
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Why Meat And Protein Are Not The Exact same
11 Haziran 2014 Çarşamba
Too Considerably Red Meat May Improve The Threat Of Breast Cancer
Red meat could be linked to nevertheless an additional ailment – breast cancer – and this time in younger ladies, say researchers. The new research looked at more than 88,000 ladies in between the ages of 26 and 45, who were component of the Nurses’ Overall health Research II. Ladies who ate a lot more meat have been much more most likely to produce breast cancer over the up coming 20 years – the researchers estimate that frequent red meat consumption could contribute to a twenty% enhanced chance of the illness. Of program, we can’t say definitively that red meat brings about breast cancer, but it could extremely likely contribute to danger, and there are some properly-established factors as to why.
In the new examine, the researchers from Harvard looked at dietary habits of the females each couple of years going forward, and asked them to recall their foods intake when they have been teenagers. The ladies, all nurses, were followed for twenty years, above which time 2,830 of them developed breast cancer.
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People who ate a lot more red meat had been considerably far more probably to have produced breast cancer over the years. Other protein sources – fish, poultry, eggs, nuts, and legumes – have been not linked to this danger.
Utilizing a statistical model, the crew located that eating the best sum of red meat – one and a half servings per day – was linked with a 22% improved chance of breast cancer, compared to women who ate just a single serving per week. For every single added serving of red meat per day a female eats, the danger of building breast cancer is predicted to rise by 13%.
Interestingly, consuming poultry was linked to a decreased risk of breast cancer. In reality, substituting a serving of poultry for a red meat serving each day was associated with a 17% lowered chance of breast cancer in females of all ages. Substituting one serving per day of mixed legumes, nuts, fish, and poultry for red meat was linked to a 14% reduced danger of breast cancer. And substituting a serving of just legumes for red meat was linked to a 15% diminished danger of breast cancer.
The attainable brings about? Causation was not illustrated, of program – only correlation. But we can nonetheless provide a handful of good guess as to why red meat may be linked to cancer.
One probability is that red meat has been proven to release carcinogens when cooked at increased temperatures. Furthermore, hormones provided to foods animals might linger in the meat and when consumed, might enhance a person’s hormone levels – cancer is properly known to be dependent on the hormone surroundings. Substantial-protein diet programs in standard have also been linked to cancer risk, possibly because protein intake influences the degree of development hormone IGF-I, which can trigger cancer cell development.
Consuming red meat is, of program, typically related with other, unhealthier things, like higher-body fat diet programs, consuming far more calories general, and smoking – all of which are linked to well being problems which includes cancer. So there could be other things going on besides red meat. Nevertheless, the authors conclude that “may be a chance element for breast cancer, and changing red meat with a mixture of legumes, poultry, nuts and fish might decrease the chance of breast cancer.”
So, provided the relatively nicely-established connection amongst red meat – specifically processed and overcooked meat – and various varieties of cancer, you might want to maintain your red meat intake to about once a week. Substituting other sources of protein, like fish, beans, quinoa, and eggs is probably smart. And, if you are going to indulge in the occasional burger, make sure it is just that – occasional. Moderation, right after all, usually the best way when it comes to nutrition.
The American Cancer Society recommends trying to keep an eye on how considerably red and processed meat you eat:
• Restrict the consumption of red meat, especially processed meats containing nitrites, this kind of as bacon, sausage, lunch meats, and hot
dogs.
• Instead pick fish, poultry, beans, or eggs rather of red meat.
• If you pick to consume red meat every single now and then, “choose lean cuts and eat smaller portions,” they say.
• Do not fry, charbroil, or otherwise overcook red meat, as this releases carcinogens. Put together meat, poultry, and fish by baking, broiling, or poaching.
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Here’s a graphic exhibiting how every single alternative protein supply may reduce breast cancer threat, compared to total red meat (TRM) consumption. Courtesy BMJ.
Too Considerably Red Meat May Improve The Threat Of Breast Cancer
10 Haziran 2014 Salı
Breast cancer link to greater red meat consumption greeted with scepticism
A rib of beef. The research suggested substituting red meat with legumes (peas, beans and lentils), poultry and fish could decrease the danger of breast cancer. Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA
Greater consumption of red meat in early adulthood could be linked with an improved risk of breast cancer and girls might be ready to reduce their likelihood of contracting the ailment by consuming legumes, poultry, nuts and fish rather, a review has advised.
Analysing data from 88,803 premenopausal females aged 26 to 45 who, starting in 1991, finished 4-yearly questionnaires on diet, US researchers discovered that a greater intake of red meat was related with a 22% increased risk of breast cancer overall, with every extra serving per day of red meat linked with a 13% increase in danger.
Prior studies have advised no substantial association between red meat consumption and the ailment, and the review, published in the BMJ on Tuesdayyesterday, has been greeted with scepticism by authorities who have mentioned the outcomes are not powerful ample to overturn the consensus that there is no link.
But the review authors, such as Maryam Farvid from the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Overall health, say “most of the evidence has come from studies that evaluated diet regime for the duration of midlife and later on”.
The review asked participants to recognize classes of red meat consumption from “in no way or less than once a month” to “6 or more per day”.
The researchers also measured adolescent food intake for the study which adjusted for factors such as age, height, fat, race, loved ones historical past of breast cancer, history of benign breast ailment, and smoking. They identified two,380 situations of breast cancer in the course of twenty years of follow-up and utilized a statistical model to estimate breast cancer dangers for women with various diets. The authors concluded: “Larger red meat consumption in early adulthood may be a risk factor for breast cancer and replacing meat with a combination of legumes, poultry, nuts and fish, may possibly lessen the risk of breast cancer.”
Substituting 1 serving of red meat each day for mixed legumes, nuts, poultry, and fish was connected with a 14% reduced risk of breast cancer, they mentioned.
Professor Valerie Beral, director of the cancer epidemiology unit at Oxford University, and leader of the Million Women’s Study into the triggers of the illness, mentioned that there could be little self-assurance in such dietary-based mostly scientific studies.
“Dozens and dozens of studies have looked at breast cancer threat related with some factor of diet plan,” she said. “The totality of the offered evidence signifies that red meat consumption has minor or no effect on breast cancer danger, so final results from a single review cannot be deemed in isolation.
“Diet regime is notoriously challenging to measure. The most reputable measure of meat consumption is no matter whether or not men and women are vegetarian. Vegetarians do not have lower risks of breast cancer than non-vegetarians, even more supporting other evidence that meat consumption is unlikely to perform a major position in breast cancer.”
Professor Paul Pharoah, professor of cancer epidemiology at Cambridge University, mentioned: “This is equivalent to an absolute enhance of four.two circumstances per one,000 females more than twenty many years for each and every additional portion of red meat eaten per day. This is a very little increase in danger.” He added that “association does not always imply causation”.
The researchers said additional study of the relation among diet in early adulthood and threat of breast cancer was necessary.
Breast cancer link to greater red meat consumption greeted with scepticism
Substitute red meat with chicken to reduce breast cancer danger
Dr Maryam Farvid, writer of the research, mentioned: “Increased red meat consumption in early adulthood may be a risk issue for breast cancer, and replacing red meat with a combination of legumes, poultry, nuts and fish might decrease the risk.”
A serving of processed red meat is equivalent to a sizzling canine, or with bacon about 26 grams or two slices.
The study involved 88,803 ladies and was completed in excess of twenty years. It located consuming substantial amounts of red meat increases risk by 22 per cent all round, and every single additional every day serving carries a 13 per cent enhanced risk.
“When this relatively modest relative danger is utilized to breast cancer, which has a large lifetime incidence, the absolute quantity of excess cases attributable to red meat would be considerable, and therefore a public health concern,” additional Dr Farvid.
The link could be because red meat consists of far more saturated excess fat, which can increase ranges of cholesterol and hormones which can lead to tumours.
When red meat is cooked at really high temperatures, such as with sausages and burgers on a barbecue, damaging chemical substances are released.
Researchers also identified consuming much more red meat in younger years can be a danger element for building the illness in later lifestyle.
The research, published in the British Medical Journal, used information from females among the ages of 26 and 45 who took portion in the Nurses’ Wellness Examine II. They completed questionnaires about their diet regime every single 4 years from 1991 to 2007 and had been asked how frequently they ate particular food items.
At the finish of the examine there were two,830 cases of breast cancer reported in the course of the 20 many years.
Preceding study had looked at diet programs in adults and found no substantial association, so Dr Farvid examined the connection amongst dietary protein consumed in early adulthood and cancer. Questions on food eaten in adolescence were integrated.
Research have previously linked consumption of red meat to some cancers. People who eat far more red meat have been identified to be normally unhealthier as they are much more likely to be obese, smoke and not exercise.
Eating beans and pulses alternatively of red meat can also reduce risk as these have fibre and phytoestrogen, which have been linked with decreased chance.
Dr Maryam Farvid additional: “In addition, hormone residues of exogenous hormone for development simulation in beef cattle, heme iron and animal fat in red meat are other mechanisms that may describe the positive association between higher consumption of red meat and threat of breast cancer.”
The review also took height, age, weight, family members background and smoking into account.
Prof Janet Cole, of Leeds University, mentioned the research was “making the evidence base stronger” for a hyperlink in between red meat and breast cancer. In earlier study Prof Cole used the Uk Women’s Cohort research to determine a potential link among red meat and chance of building the condition.
She mentioned: “The Globe Cancer Analysis Fund has advised we limit our red meat consumption to close to 500g of red meat. In the Uk the average daily intake is about 70g a day, the equivalent of a huge sausage, so this suggests a couple of red meat totally free meals a week.”
But other experts have urged caution as there is small proof of a connection among breast cancer and red meat.
The study discovered that females with the lowest red meat intake had a chance of 161 per one hundred,000, in contrast to people with the highest the place the figure was 95. Prof Paul Pharoah, of the University of Cambridge said this equates to an increase of 4.two circumstances per one,000 in excess of 20 many years for every additional portion of red meat eaten, which is a “very small improve.”
Prof Valerie Beral, professor of epidemiology and director of the cancer epidemiology unit at the University of Oxford, mentioned: “Vegetarians do not have reduce dangers of breast cancer than non-vegetarians, more supporting other evidence that meat consumption is unlikely to perform a significant function in breast cancer.”
Prof Tim Key, an epidemiologist at Cancer Analysis United kingdom, explained the research only recognized a “weak link” and females ought to consider and minimize threat by preserving a healthy fat, drinking less alcohol and currently being physically energetic.
Substitute red meat with chicken to reduce breast cancer danger
24 Nisan 2014 Perşembe
Halving meat and dairy consumption could slash farming emissions
Cutting meat and dairy consumption in half would also lead to a forty% minimize in Europeans’ consumption of saturated fats. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Photos
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would be reduce by 25-forty% if Europeans lower their meat and dairy consumption by half, in accordance to a UN report.
Scientists from the UN Financial Commission for Europe say that as nicely as cutting air and water pollution, adopting a “demitarian diet program” – cutting meat and dairy consumption in half – would lead to a forty% reduce in Europeans’ intake of saturated fats.
The huge majority of saturated fats come from animal items that can lead to cholesterol troubles and weight problems, and this kind of a lower would deliver amounts to within a variety recommended by the Globe Health Organisation.
Prof Mark Sutton, one particular of the authors who coined the term demitarian and is one particular himself, explained regardless of strong farming lobbies it was not “pie in the sky” to envisage this kind of a cut in meat consumption. But he said the staff was not taking a position on how very best to encourage men and women to modify their meals routines.
“When we have seen people urged to be vegetarians I have personally witnessed that that can lead to a backlash since several individuals want to eat meat. From the environmental level of view, it truly is not about no matter whether you eat meat or dairy, it truly is about how significantly,” he said in London on Thursday.
The report, Nitrogen on the Table, examined the impacts that modifications in buyer food routines would have on nitrogen emissions from livestock. It mentioned a 50% cut in meat and dairy consumption would reduce greenhouse gasoline emissions by 25-40% depending on what the freed-up land was utilised for. The volume of imported soybeans, largely used to feed livestock, would fall by 75%.
The taskforce concluded that the amount of nitrogen misplaced into the wider setting – into the air and into water – was 25 instances larger per unit of meals protein from beef than for cereals.
Nitrous oxide is a single of the most strong greenhouse gases, far a lot more potent than carbon dioxide. Nitrogen releases from agriculture have other negative environmental results, mixing with emissions from cars to develop small particulate pollution that is damaging to people. When it runs off farmland into rivers it can end up in the sea and cause algal blooms.
A dramatic reduction in meat and dairy farming – which would meet sturdy opposition from farming bodies in the Uk – would also free of charge up land either for expanding cereals or biofuels, the UN team mentioned.
“The EU could grow to be a significant exporter of food items, alternatively of a key importer of, for example, soybeans,” said Henk Westhoek, the report’s lead writer and programme manager at the Netherlands Atmosphere Assessment Company.
But he admitted that drastically lowering cattle farming would not in all instances free-up land appropriate for expanding cereal crops rather. “It would not be favourable to take out all the beef manufacturing since then we can’t use all our organic and semi-natural grasslands,” he mentioned.
Dr Diane Mitchell, chief atmosphere adviser at the Nationwide Farmers Union, said: “Farmers and land managers have currently taken fantastic measures to decreasing its use by way of much better management and efficiency – in fact, its use is down considerably over the previous 20 years.
“Eating significantly less meat is a simplistic answer to what is a extremely complex situation. Agricultural production in the Uk is currently responsible for close to 10% of complete United kingdom greenhouse gasoline emissions and the British livestock and dairy sectors are already doing much to tackle their greenhouse fuel footprint. And it mustn’t be forgotten that meat and dairy products are an critical element of a wholesome, balanced diet plan.
She added: “More, the view that agricultural land must be taken away from livestock for other generate is nonsensical – some of this land can only be utilized for pasture and at the identical time goes some way to safeguarding our superb countryside.”
Sutton also speculated on the cultural influence that this kind of a move by Europe would have elsewhere about the world, in which meat consumption is growing quickly. One particular-third of the world’s meat now comes from China, where meat consumption per man or woman is headed towards US and European ranges.
“I would posit a hypothesis that if Europe were to make such a change that would have this kind of cultural ripples that it would have interactions with other parts of the globe. Nobody can tell the Chinese or anybody else what they need to be doing but if we have been to modify our culture, that would have a ripple, it would be an outstanding sea alter,” he stated.
The executive summary of the report was published on Friday, with the full report following up coming month. It follows a major assessment in 2011 by the exact same staff, which concluded that the annual cost of nitrogen pollution was in the region of £62bn-£282bn.
A spokesperson for the Department for Atmosphere, Meals and Rural Affairs said: “We’re operating with farmers to lessen greenhouse gasoline emissions, and we just lately launched a £4.5m initiative to support farmers turn into more environmentally sustainable. We’re also four years into an ambitious £12m analysis programme to improve our knowing of how we can lessen the affect of agriculture on emissions.”
Halving meat and dairy consumption could slash farming emissions
17 Nisan 2014 Perşembe
Gene increases cancer risk posed by processed meat
“The probability that genetic variants could modify an individual’s chance for illness based mostly on diet plan has not been extensively investigated but represents an important new insight into ailment advancement,” stated Dr Li Hsu, 1 of the review authors from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Analysis Center in Seattle, US.
Pooling details in this trend can reveal trends that would otherwise stay hidden.
The review divided individuals into four groups with escalating amounts of meat consumption up to about 5 servings per week.
Compared with the first group, every subsequent “quartile” of increased consumption of processed meat raised the threat of bowel cancer by 39% for people with the most hazardous mutation.
Another model of the rs4143094 gene variant enhanced the danger by twenty% per quartile.
In contrast, vegetable, fruit and fibre consumption was linked with a slightly reduced risk general.
Writing in the on the internet journal Public Library of Science Genetics, the researchers level out that rs4143094 is in the same chromosomal region as a gene acknowledged to be linked to a number of types of cancer.
The protein encoded by this gene plays a position in the immune technique, suggesting a attainable hyperlink with a cancer-promoting inflammatory or immunological response.
Co-author Dr Jane Figueiredo, from the University of Southern California, mentioned: “Diet is a modifiable risk aspect for colorectal (bowel) cancer.
“Our study is the 1st to recognize whether or not some men and women are at higher or lower danger based on their genomic profile. This info can assist us much better comprehend the biology and maybe in the potential lead to targeted prevention methods.”
Gene increases cancer risk posed by processed meat
9 Nisan 2014 Çarşamba
Meat Industry Gets Court To Vacate Selection In Favor of Great Regulation
by Prolonged Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.
The American Meat Business (AMI) has succeeded in delivering nevertheless yet another blow to consumers, by obtaining the U.S. Court of Appeals to vacate a recent choice in favor of the USDA’s Amazing (Nation of Origin Labeling) regulation. The end result will be the re-hearing of the case in Might, by all eleven judges in the circuit.
The USDA took a stand for shoppers by implementing Awesome, which requires labeling of specific meats to disclose the nations the place cattle was born, raised and slaughtered. One of the premises behind the regulation is that considering that cattle may possibly be born, raised and slaughtered in three different nations, buyers have the appropriate to know the place their meats are coming from. The AMI submits that Amazing violates the 1st amendment by compelling speech that is factual in nature and of no well being benefit to consumers.
The final result of this case is appropriate to all buyer label movements, as it centers on the consumer’s correct to know what is in the food we consume. In the U.S., several hazardous food components are hidden from shoppers under the toxic veil of a meals label. The USDA, which is far from excellent, implements a regulation that actually favors customers, only to be brought down by the AMI. Perhaps the adage, “No great deed goes unpunished” is real right after all.
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Meat Industry Gets Court To Vacate Selection In Favor of Great Regulation
26 Mart 2014 Çarşamba
How Elevated Meat Consumption In China Alterations Landscapes Across The Globe
Americans eat 235 pounds of meat yearly. That is the equivalent of roughly 470 big hamburgers a year – a lot more than a burger a day.
The Chinese on the other hand eat a mere 120 pounds of meat per particular person each year. Nevertheless with 1.35 billion folks in the nation, China now consumes double the quantity of meat we do in the U.S..
“If absolutely everyone on the planet were to consume like Americans, we have the capability to feed two billion men and women.” says Janet Larsen, the Director of Investigation at the Earth Policy Institute. “This is not a situation the world has dealt with just before. Never prior to have so numerous individuals been making an attempt to reside so large on the hog, so to talk.”
In the U.S. beef reigns supreme, even though in China, the meat of selection is pork. A lot more than half of the 107 million tons of pork eaten world broad in 2013 had been consumed in China, a clear reason Chinese business Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. bought the world’s greatest pork producer, Smithfield Meals, last year.
And even though hogs a lot more effortlessly flip grain into protein – it requires only three pounds of grain for a pig to obtain a pound of excess weight (chickens get only two, even though beef requires 7) – all people pigs mean a lot of grain is needed. China now purchases much more than 60 percent of the soybeans accessible for export in the globe, a essential ingredient in animal feed.
Soybeans, says Larsen, help to quickly and “efficiently” fatten hogs and cattle. But soybean yields are challenging to enhance, which indicates that as far more soybeans are essential, a lot more land should be converted to make space for the legume.
That additional land is at the moment located in Brazil and Argentina. Given that the 1990s big monoculture soy crops have graced lands in which forests when stood, and these days Brazil is quickly turning into the world’s foremost soy producer.
But now Brazil is also the world’s leading user of pesticide. In accordance to a examine by the Swedish Institute for Meals and Biotechnology, herbicide use in between 2003 and 2008 rose 50 % in Brazil and average fungicide use in that same period for soybean plants rose 70 percent. 99 % of soybean crops in Brazil are also genetically modified, as are 93 percent of U.S. soybeans and 71 percent in Argentina, and, the report identified:
“This substantial adoption [of genetically engineered soy] has led to excessive reliance of glyphosate for weed handle in globe soybean production….A major trigger for the rising use of herbicides in soybeans is the rapid evolvement of glyphosate-resistant weeds in GE glyphosate-tolerant crops….Also in Brazil, there are indicators of enhanced use of older and far more toxic herbicides in the soybean crop. For illustration, imports of the toxic herbicide paraquat have increased strongly the final many years and there are reports of growing use of paraquat and 2,4-D in soybean regions.”
This substantial use of herbicide in Brazil and the U.S. is also now affecting the water and air we breathe.
Final year glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Round Up, was located consistently in water and air samples gathered in two farm states in the U.S. And although it could be real that glyphosate is less toxic than numerous other pesticides, several scientific studies have also identified it toxic to fish and water microbes. The Associated Press also reported last 12 months that communities about Argentina are now also dealing with well being issues due to chemical drift, water contamination and a host of other troubles associated to the widespread spraying of pesticides on soybean fields.
Monsanto, the producer of most glyphosate herbicide and glyphosate-resistant seeds, reported $ 368 million in revenue in Q1 of 2014, in big element because of Brazilian revenue of their merchandise. A new Monsanto glyphosate product known as INTACTA RR2 Pro aims to also get benefit of “emerging insect pressure” which “ sets the stage for rapid penetration” into markets in Latin America and the United States.
In other phrases, says Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute, “ Dramatic meat consumption in China is accountable for reshaping landscapes in west hemisphere.” It is also affecting the health and well currently being of communities across the globe in methods we have not believed of prior to.
How Elevated Meat Consumption In China Alterations Landscapes Across The Globe
25 Şubat 2014 Salı
Fried and grilled meat may raise chance of diabetes and dementia
Glycotoxins are identified in fried or grilled meat, fried eggs and toasted bread. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
Toxic chemical compounds discovered at high concentrations in fried and grilled meats could raise the danger of diabetes and dementia, researchers say.
US scientists found that rodents raised on a Western-style diet rich in compounds called glycotoxins showed early indications of diabetes, along with brain adjustments and signs that are witnessed in Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings matched what the researchers noticed in a modest quantity of older folks, where these with higher amounts of glycotoxins in their circulation had memory and other cognitive troubles, and indicators of insulin resistance, which precedes diabetes.
The benefits are tentative, but if confirmed by other research, the perform could transform hopes for tackling two key illnesses that have reached epidemic proportions in the designed world.
The study suggests that changes in cooking practices may possibly reduce the danger of both diabetes and dementia, whilst a better knowing of the biological mechanisms could lead to drugs that delay their onset.
“The findings are really promising, but the question that wants to be answered is whether or not cutting down on glycotoxins can avoid or reverse dementia,” said Helen Vlassara, who led the study at the Icahn School of Medication at Mount Sinai in New York.
Vlassara raised groups of mice on diet programs that differed in their amounts of a kind of glycotoxin called superior glycation finish merchandise, or AGEs. Animals that ate a Westernised diet regime wealthy in AGEs experienced a build-up of protein referred to as amyloid in their brains, and produced cognitive and movement issues normal of dementia. The same modifications have been not witnessed in mice raised on a reduced-AGEs diet plan.
The researchers then turned to 93 healthy people aged in excess of 60. Over nine months of the examine, they located that people with greater amounts of AGEs in their bloodstream experienced greater amounts of cogntive decline and insulin resistance. Particulars are published in Proceedings of the Nationwide Academy of Sciences.
Glycotoxins are widespread in animal merchandise, like meat and dairy make, and levels improve when meals is fried, grilled, pasteurised or smoked, making them abundant in Western diet programs.
The sheer ubiquity of glycotoxins signifies dietary alterations may well not be straightforward or powerful as public wellness interventions, but Vlassara mentioned that cooking food items in a different way may support. Ranges of glycotoxins rise when meals is cooked dry at higher temperature, but moisture prevents this.
“People will grill bacon and fry eggs for breakfast, or have a toasted bagel or muffin. But they could boil or poach the eggs, and have fresh bread. With meat, we recommend stewing and boiling, creating sauces rather of exposing meat to really high dry heat,” she said.
For some scientists, the most thrilling portion of the review is the likely explanation of how diabetes and dementia may well be linked. Diabetes is one particular of the few concrete threat factors for dementia, and doubles the threat of a particular person establishing the disease, but how the two are connected has remained a mystery. Vlassara identified that rodents and people on a high glycotoxin diet program had low amounts of SIRT1 in the entire body, a protein that is imagined to safeguard the brain from neurodegeneration.
Simon Lovestone, a neuroscientist and leader of the dementia translational investigation collaboration at Oxford University and King’s School London, mentioned the finding was “fantastically fascinating” but additional that additional scientific studies have been necessary in people to see if reducing dietary glycotoxins staved off dementia.
Doug Brown, director of study and improvement at the Alzheimer’s Society, explained: “We are often advised that burgers or fried chicken are poor for us and this research is not the first to link the chemical substances in some cooked food items to Alzheimer’s. Nevertheless, this study adds to our understanding of how they may function and makes a sturdy situation for further investigation.
“Diets with lower levels of the compounds demonstrate promising results in mice and ought to be more explored as a way to avert dementia by means of modifications in diet program,” he additional. “Of program, we should not neglect that the bulk of research was carried out in mice and the human component of this research is also modest to draw any conclusions.
“Proof suggests that the ideal way to lessen your danger of establishing dementia is typical exercising, not smoking, and following a healthful diet regime.”
Derek Hill at University College London explained the final results had been compelling and ought to inspire a lot more work. “It is notoriously tough to do experiments on mice that appropriately mimic Alzheimer’s illness in humans,” he explained. “But it is grounds for optimism. This paper adds to the physique of evidence suggesting that using preventative methods may possibly lessen the prevalence of Alzheimer’s illness and other dementias in society. And that could have a really optimistic affect on us all.”
Tom Dening, professor of dementia study at Nottingham University, said: “Meals high in protein and excess fat, such as meat, cheese, and egg yolk, are rich in AGEs, and cooking at high temperatures, for instance frying and barbecues, increases AGEs. Dietary restriction of AGEs can bring about substantial reductions. What is not but clear is how considerably these results contribute to Alzheimer’s ailment compared to other aspects, and we don’t know no matter whether dietary restriction of AGEs would be useful in prevention.”
Fried and grilled meat may raise chance of diabetes and dementia
20 Ocak 2014 Pazartesi
No Meat Macrobiotic Diet plan Aids Lady Lose 50 Pounds, No Longer Has Healthcare Issues
Growing up, Susan faced a series of well being issues that would leave most men and women frustrated and prepared to give up hope. In addition to extreme allergy symptoms and arthritis, she suffered from migraines, IBS and plantar fasciitis. Her family members and so-called pals teased her about her acne, calling her, “pizza encounter.” Incorporating to all of this was the reality that she was 50 lbs overweight. The blend of ailments led to the formation of a tumor in her back and the require for her to use crutches.
Nonetheless, nowadays, Susan is totally free of these overall health problems. She’s 50 lbs lighter, no longer has a tumor, has a clearer complexion and is vibrant. She credits her choice to eating a macrobiotic diet, which is wealthy in entire, residing food items, as the purpose behind her overcoming these difficulties. Moreover, her determination to disregard medical doctors also contributed to her health improvements.
She recalls increasing up in a house filled with medicine bottles contemplating she’d “do whatever it requires to reside a daily life of not taking capsules.” She also recalls doctors brushing off her ailments with dismissive and even belittling comments. Even so, even although she was a registered nurse and educated in standard methods, she knew far better. “Something inside of me often believed in the far more normal route.”
Therefore, her wellness quest went in complete swing.
Susan worked with Arnold Kauffman of Arnold’s Way, delving into a raw food and wellness. Not only did she discover how strong healthier foods and all round alternatives can be, but she spoke at a single of his events, sharing her encouraging story.
Whilst working with each other, he described a guide by Dr. George Schaller named 12 months of the Gorilla. (affiliate link)
Kauffman, and now Susan, really feel that in addition to outlining the plight of the gorilla, the book conveys a simple principle that humans must embrace: gorillas don’t eat meat. They really don’t even eat insects or mice. But they, like most animals in the wild, dwell a total and wholesome lifestyle correct up until they die. Why shouldn’t folks do the exact same? Wouldn’t it make sense that people ought to comply with suit?
Susan says that eliminating quickly and processed food items is an essential factor in acquiring far better health. She also advises individuals who want to shed weight and remedy ailments via a macrobiotic diet to start off slow. “Ease into it steadily to let the physique to detox.” This way, she says men and women will remain encouraged to stick with the diet plan and get used to the alterations in their entire body as harmful toxins are shed.
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No Meat Macrobiotic Diet plan Aids Lady Lose 50 Pounds, No Longer Has Healthcare Issues