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Medical Forum / General / Nutrition / January 2008Exactly what is "Processed Meat"?
Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced turkey breast is that considered processed meat? I understand that added salt is unhealthy for the heart, but I'm wondering what is it that increases the risk of cancer. > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? > > I understand that added salt is unhealthy for the heart, but I'm > wondering what is it that increases the risk of cancer. Processed meats is any meat that is not in its fresh state. Canned meat is processed. Dried meat is processed. Smoked meat is processed. Mechanically deboned meat is processed. Meat that comes in a round or oval shapes incased in plastic and sliced at purchase time is processed. The roast beef and sliced turkey breast you buy is processed. Its relative value as a food depends on how it is processed and what was added to it. Nitrates are not so good for you in the absence of anti-oxidants. Consume adequate anti-oxydant vitamins and nitrates will be neutralized. Salts are not necesarily unhealthy unless you consume a lot of foods with a lot of salt added. Eventually it isn't doing you any good. But keep in mind that we need salts and minerals for good health. The best way to avoid cancer is to get the best nutrition from the foods you eat. Avoid nutrient deficient processed and refined foods. All of them. Eat all fresh, highly nutritous real foods. Check out this website: http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm > > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > processed. The roast beef and sliced turkey breast you buy is > processed. What's the difference between a roast beef or turkey breast that I cook myself and slice, and the stuff from the deli? I'm not talking about packaged meat. > Its relative value as a food depends on how it is processed and what > was added to it. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > http://www.westonaprice.org/splash_2.htm > > > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > > > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > cook myself and slice, and the stuff from the deli? I'm not talking > about packaged meat. Check the ingredients. Added fillers, texturizers, salts, sugars and preservatives. Also, the meats may have been mechanically deboned. Mechanically deboning involve grinding the meat, bones and all, then squeezing it thru a sieve to catch the boney material. Ask questions and read labels. That'll give you an idea of how processed it is. The roast beef or turkey you cook will not have added crap unless you add them yourself. You can ask the deli if they order their meats pre-made or whether they make it onsite. If pre-made ask to see the label. If made onsite ask how. Another factor with meats is how the animals are fed and housed. Grass fed beef is best. Free range chickens are great. Get to know a good butcher and ask questions about where the meat comes from. > > Its relative value as a food depends on how it is processed and what > > was added to it. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > - Show quoted text - > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? > > I understand that added salt is unhealthy for the heart, but I'm > wondering what is it that increases the risk of cancer. Exactly why do you want to know? You are really asking the WRONG question. Processed food is NOT automatically bad for you, but Junk Food is. In the real world, it would be next to impossible to avoid eating processed food. In terms of Junk Food, anything being sold by Hickory Farms to be used by their consumers as Christmas presents would qualify,such as Beef Sticks. All their so called high quality beef sticks gives me a very bad headache which would be related to their use of nitrates. > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? > > I understand that added salt is unhealthy for the heart, but I'm > wondering what is it that increases the risk of cancer. Thanks all. I usually by my cold cuts at Trader Joe's. I pick those that have no nitrates or other chemical additives. Hopefully that helps. > Is it anything with nitrates? If I buy sliced roast beef or sliced > turkey breast is that considered processed meat? Processed meat contains other ingredients besides meat. Cooked meat is also considered processed. In the US, the label fresh meat doesn't mean that its not processed. Besides the sodium nitrates and nitrites, sodium phosphate is a common additive. -- Ron |
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