Eat Meat And Die or Eat Meat and Diet....?

[Dillinger]

Hello,

These struck me as two interesting views on the subject.

I favour the second and worry that if parents automatically ban 'processed' meats from lunch boxes and are following the general 'fat is the work of the devil' mantra that really means more carbohydrates which I suppose eventually means more people viewing this website, but bit of a high price to pay...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8202188.stm

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/14691/

Dillinger

 

[Katharine]

A full page of this stuff was in the Herald today. You don't see any " Leave bread out of your kid's lunchbox: it causes obesity and diabetes in adulthood."

 

[fergus]

Well, the kids lunch box season is upon us again in a few days time.
I'm certain that limiting the sugars and starches is far more important for their long term health.

fergus

 

[alaska]

isn't the 'leave meat out of lunchboxes' primarily concerned with avoiding bowel cancer?

that's the only thing which slightly worries me about a high meat content diet.

still, kidney failure, heart attack, amputations and blindness isn't much better so maybe i should stay on the relatively high protein diet.

 

[hanadr]

This is the bit the press seem to have left out
The UK's Food Standards Agency said processed meat was fine for lunchboxes but should not be eaten "too often".
What happens in those countries( most of middle Europe) which use a lot of processed meats?
I am Czech by birth and culture and have always had cured meats. I don't know that Czechs have a high incidence of bowel cancers, but they have a lot of salami and sausages.