Originally Posted by Superkid11
What exactly does it do to your health?
I mean, it's fattening, but still...?
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Fattening is one of the major ones, red meat / meat is also hard on your digestive system.
Yet another is if you don't eat meat, no risk in catching the diseases that are spread that way. Here's some clips of the other health related issues.
Negative Health Effects of Red Meat
Regardless, nutritionists hardly need more evidence about the potentially negative health effects of eating red meat. For starters, the saturated animal fat in red meat contributes to heart disease and atherosclerosis. Recent research also shows that frequent red meat eaters face twice the risk of colon cancer as those who indulge less often. Red meat is also thought to increase the risks of rheumatoid arthritis and endometriosis.
Meanwhile, according to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarian diets can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, obesity, and other debilitating medical conditions. While red meat is a key source of protein and vitamin B12 in North American diets, nutritionists explain that properly planned meat-free diets easily provide these important nutrients while keeping you healthier in the long run.
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Consequently, all sorts of drugs, from antibiotics to hormones and many other toxic drugs are introduced to the died of the livestock.
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Put simply, if an animal is raised in a stressful environment, its body will produce more stress hormones. These hormones then get distributed to the tissues and remain in the meat at elevated levels. When we eat the meat, the raised level of hormones then has a secondary effect on us, in a similar way to our own stress hormones. As a result, blood pressure is raised, our hearts have to work harder and many other parts of our bodies are affected.
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So unless your meat is from a very good farm where the animals are treated correctly, not mass penned in a farm and fed grain instead of grass.. and they're not loaded up with drugs.. yeah. You're getting all of that into your system.
Along with meat having very well researched and documented ties to cancer and heart disease.. yeah.
/shudder