Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion Groups
General
GeneralCardiologyVisionDentistryPharmacyLaboratoryNutritionAlternative
Diseases and Disorders
AIDSAlzheimer'sArthritisAsthmaCancerBreast CancerDiabetesEpilepsyGlaucomaHepatitisHerpesLupusProstate BPHProstate CancerProstatitisSinusitisTinnitus

Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / June 2005

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

Re: Red meat 'linked to cancer risk'

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
John Sankey - 15 Jun 2005 17:37 GMT
"The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) said people in Britain ate
well below the 160g per day consumption levels that were used to
class high intake in the study."

Bully for Britain, then - the average American would consider "well
below" 160 g/day of meat to be starvation!

"the risk for people who ate one portion or more of fish every other
day was nearly a third lower than those who ate fish less than once a
week."

This is a common conclusion of such studies. (Sorry, montygram)
TC - 15 Jun 2005 17:57 GMT
> "The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) said people in Britain ate
> well below the 160g per day consumption levels that were used to
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> This is a common conclusion of such studies. (Sorry, montygram)

Holy moly, 160 grams per day?!

I've been on a dreaded high-protein diet (as in lifestyle, woe) for
almost 7 years now and my protein intake rarely exceeds 120 grams of
all proteins in one day and they are never, ever all red meat in one
day.

160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.

TC
Robert Klute - 15 Jun 2005 18:34 GMT
>160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.

That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?  
nospam@aol.com - 15 Jun 2005 18:49 GMT
>>160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
>
>That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?  

Maybe they were talking about 160 grams of protein from beef.  Beef contains
about 20% protein.  That would be about 25 oz. beef.  

Ora
TC - 15 Jun 2005 18:55 GMT
> >160 grams of red meat is not what a typical person would eat, ever.
>
> That's about 5 1/2 oz a day, isn't it?

One ounce of meat contains approx. 7 grams of protein.

TC
John Sankey - 15 Jun 2005 18:40 GMT
"my protein intake rarely exceeds 120 grams of all proteins in one
day and they are never, ever all red meat in one day."

I think there may be a confusion here between meat and protein.
According to the USDA, pure American beef, even boneless and trimmed
of all fat, is only 20% total proteins (cf. their NDB No 13956). The
study quoted referred to total red meat consumption, and didn't
mention how much trimming of that meat was involved (e.g. zero in
'hamburger').
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage

Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.