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Meat intake is associated with higher-level functional capacity in elderly adults

This study aims to determine the association between protein intake and risk of higher–level functional decline in older community–dwelling adults. Higher protein, particularly animal protein, was associated with lower risk of decline in higher–level functional capacity in older men. Animal protein intake may be a modifiable indicator for early detection and prevention of higher–level functional […]

Animal protein intake is associated with higher-level functional capacity in elderly adults

The Ohasama study Journal of the American Geriatrics Society This study aims to determine the association between protein intake and risk of higher–level functional decline in older community–dwelling adults. Higher protein, particularly animal protein, was associated with lower risk of decline in higher–level functional capacity in older men. Animal protein intake may be a modifiable […]

Associations between red meat intake and biomarkers of inflammation and glucose metabolism in women

Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Feb;99(2):352-60. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.075663. Epub 2013 Nov 27. Ley SH, Sun Q, Willett WC, Eliassen AH, Wu K, Pan A, Grodstein F, Hu FB. Abstract BACKGROUND: Greater red meat intake is associated with an increased type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk. However, the relation of red meat intake to biomarkers […]

Diet and cancer: risk factors and epidemiological evidence

Maturitas. 2014 Mar;77(3):202-8. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.11.010. Epub 2013 Dec 11. Baena Ruiz R, Salinas Hernández P. Abstract BACKGROUND: Diet represents 30-35% of risk factors that contribute to the onset of cancer. Some foods and dietary patterns have been linked to the risk of various cancers. However epidemiological available data are not consistent for many foods and […]

Red Meat Tied to Cancer Risk in Some People

Published: Oct 25, 2013 | Updated: Oct 28, 2013 By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story:  http://www.medpagetoday.com/Gastroenterology/ColonCancer/42496 Action Points Red and processed meat consumption was significantly associated with colorectal cancer risk in patients who had a common gene mutation, researchers found. Note that, if replicated, the findings suggest selected individuals at higher risk […]

What’s the Beef with Red Meat?

Colette Heimowitz’s Blog Full Story:  http://blogs.atkins.com/Blogs/colette_heimowitz/Archive/2013/9/9/209477.aspx What’s the Beef with Red Meat? It seems like red meat is always the culprit that goes hand in hand with clogged arteries, stroke, diabetes and heart disease—in other words, a heart attack on a plate. Not too long ago, a group of scientists at Harvard examined this supposed […]

Barrett’s Esophagus Risk and Meat and Fat Intake

Li Jiao, MD, PhD, MS Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH Department of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine 2002 Holcombe Blvd, MS 152 Houston, TX 77030 (713) 791-1414 ext 10322 / (713) 748-7359 (FAX) jiao@bcm.edu / hasheme@bcm.edu “Dietary Consumption of Meat, Fat, Animal Products and Advanced Glycation End-Products and the Risk of Barrett’s Oesophagus,” Aliment Pharmacol Ther, […]

Beef and Disease: New Evidence

From Medscape Cardiology Beef and Heart Disease: Beyond Cholesterol Beef, Gut Microbes, and Heart Disease L-Carnitine in Red Meat May Up CVD Risk via Altered Gut Flora Intestinal Flora Again Implicated in CAD; but This Time, Also CV Events L-Carnitine Retakes Spotlight, Hints at Survival Benefit in Acute MI: Meta-analysis Processed Beef: Is That the […]

Red Meat and Cancer: What’s the Beef?

Laura A. Stokowski, RN, MS DisclosuresJune 20, 2013 Editor’s Note: Large European and American studies are the most recent to examine the link between red meat and cancer. Medscape talked to the study authors and reviewed other evidence to determine whether there is reason to have a beef about eating beef. RED MEAT AND COLORECTAL CANCER The preponderance […]

Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk among women

Karimi Z, et al. Public Health Nutr. 2013 May 7:1-9. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract OBJECTIVE: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. Several studies have examined the role of single nutrients and food groups in breast cancer pathogenesis but fewer investigations have addressed the role of dietary patterns. Our […]

Does Carnitine From Red Meat Contribute to Heart Disease Through Intestinal Bacterial Metabolism to TMAO?

The Weston A. Price Foundation Posted on April 10, 2013 by Christopher Masterjohn Story Source In April of 2011, I posted a rebuttal of a Nature paper from Stanley Hazen’s group at the Cleveland Clinic arguing that choline from animal foods causes heart disease: Does Dietary Choline Contribute to Heart Disease? Their argument was that […]

High Intake of Processed Meat Linked to Cancer Deaths

High Intake of Processed Meat Linked to Cancer Deaths Shelley Wood and Roxanne Nelson Mar 11, 2013 Full Article:  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/780553 BMC Medicine Published online March 7, 2013. Full Text:  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/63 Bacon, sausage, and ham are once again being singled out as key culprits driving the association between meat consumption and the world’s most common diseases. One of […]

Red meat won’t kill you. It will make you stronger.

Posted on March 24, 2012 While statisticians try to wheedle causation from observational data, they really just end up showing us what health conscious people are like.  They exercise more and smoke less, eat more fruit and less red meat, etc.  This doesn’t “prove” those habits actually make health conscious people healthy.  Intervention studies, where healthy and […]