Death by Hamburger?

[BrklynLiberal]

Whether you're a burger lover or a strict vegetarian (I'm somewhere in the middle—more on this in the July/August 2010 issue of Mother Jones), you've probably heard that too much meat is definitely not a good thing. Most recently, researchers have linked overconsumption of red meat with early puberty in girls: A University of Brighton study found this month that about half of UK girls who ate 12 or more servings of meat each week at age seven had started their periods by age twelve and a half, compared to about a third of those who ate fewer than four servings. Worrisome, since some research suggests that girls who go through puberty early are at greater risk for breast cancer.

Meat-heavy diets aren't great for adults, either: In 2009, a landmark National Cancer Institute study of 500,000 Americans between the ages of 50 and 71 found that people who eat a quarter-pound of red meat or processed meat every day were 30 percent more likely to die in the 10 years of the study than those who ate 5 ounces of red meat or less per week. Compare that to research about vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventists, many of whom live significantly longer than the average American.

So, how much meat is too much? Americans eat about eight ounces of meat every day, more than twice the rest of the world's average. Most health experts agree that's too much (and in addition to being unhealthy, mass production and consuming this much meat has major environmental consequences). You can find current USDA guidelines for meat consumption here (generally five to seven ounces of meat or beans a day for adults, less for kids depending on age and size), but some some people think those recommendations are suspiciously high: Marion Nestle writes about agriculture lobby groups' influence over the USDA dietary recommendations in her book Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health.
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http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/how-much-meat-should-you-eat

[Brickbat]

1. I love meat, but I couldn't eat eight ounces a day.

Oh, wait, unless it were bacon.

[meegbear]

2. Eight ounces?

I eat 9 ounces for lunch and dinner every day (I'm on a training diet and weigh my portions).

I'll be dead before 50 then - but I'll look great!

[KonaKane]

3. That's alot of meat, actually.

And I'm a carnivore.

[flvegan]

4. Aha!!!

:popcorn:

[Jamastiene]

8. I gave you one below.

:rofl:

[Odin2005]

10. Looks like I'm a Proud Defensive Omnivore!

:evilgrin:

[Warren DeMontague]

13. To be defensive you have to give a shit what other people think about your personal choices.

Sorry, not playing.

[Uben]

5. 8 oz/day? Sounds like a starvation diet!

Heck, my chewing gum has that much meat in it! LOL

I probably avg about that. I eat a lot of fish and chicken, too. If you figure in the bologna sandwiches and a couple of pcs of bacon in the morning, while eating beef two nights a week (approx. 10 oz servings), I think 8 oz sounds about what I eat daily.
I'm a sucker for a 10 oz tenderloin. Anytime, anywhere!

[JuniperLea]

6. Isn't 12 1/2 the average age anyway?

Food politics, indeed.





At what age does menstruation typically begin?
Girls start menstruating at the average age of 12. However, girls can begin menstruating as early as 8 years of age or as late as 16 years of age. Women stop menstruating at menopause, which occurs at about the age of 50. At menopause, a woman stops producing eggs (stops ovulating) and can no longer become pregnant, the body stops preparing the uterus for a possibly pregnancy, and the monthly menses stops.

http://womens-health.health-cares.net/menstruation-age.php

[BrklynLiberal]

9. i have read that onset is earlier in warmer climates. Perhaps in UK that was considered early.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/n246127j64735165/

[Jamastiene]

7. If God didn't want us to eat cows, then why'd he make them out of meat?

:P

:evilgrin:

Never mind me. I'm playing fivegan Bingo.

:hide:

[hobbit709]

11. The traditional Inuit diet was pretty much all meat

and fish, and of course lots of muktuk

[Warren DeMontague]

12. It's been over 10 years since I've had any red meat, and for me it was a good dietary change.

But, I'm not interested in telling anyone else what to eat or not to eat.

If I was going to have a burger, it would have to be In & Out. Those are some tasty burgers, Walter.