I can’t watch your video because I can’t upload Adobe Flash on this computer. So you’re probably losing sales on account of it. A written article would be better.
Nice article on red meat though. I agree.
I got your xtreme fat loss diet a year ago and that was good program. Hal
On Friday I got a package in the mail.
It was a BIG package.
It was also an unexpected package.
Don’t you just love it when that happens?
Well, turns out that a friend of mine decided to send me about 20 lbs of organic grass fed beef as a thank you for some consulting I helped him with the other week.
Pretty freakin’ sweet, eh? (He’s from Canada, so he’ll appreciate that)
Of course, I made a point to defrost them immediately while planning to fire up the grill several times over the weekend for a 2-day feast of fresh burgers and NY strip steaks (and broccoli, and grilled asparagus, and a few huge salads :-)
Who says low carb meals can’t be fun?
I even broke the low-carb rules a bit and downed a big bowl of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries for dessert on both nights (hey, their GI is less than 20…they might as well be low-carb).
Back to the meat.
So last night I invited some friends over to enjoy the beef-fest with me, one of whom chooses not to eat meat.
Totally fine…I’m cool with that.
But then as we were all joking about how he was missing out on some most amazing, delicious beef out there, he replied with “At least I won’t be missing out the heart attack coming from all that red meat and animal fat!”
Uh oh.
Time to debunk the misconceptions.
Number one, there’s nothing wrong with “red meat”. In fact, there are some cuts of red meat that are just as lean if not leaner than chicken breast, so trying to lump all red meat into one category is the equivalent of saying “carbs make you fat”. Let’s consider the source.
Second, what is “animal fat”? Although the term is used interchangeably with saturated fat, not all “animal fat” is saturated. In fact, more than HALF the fat in beef is unsaturated.
Oh, and here’s another fact even beyond that—not all saturated fat is bad. The problem with most saturated fats is that they have been shown to be linked to heart disease when consumed in higher quantities. That said, the main saturate found in beef (especially organic grass fed beef) is stearic acid—a saturate consumption has been shown to decrease plasma and liver cholesterol by reducing intestinal cholesterol absorption.
That’s right, “animal fat” that lowers cholesterol.
Also, stearic acid intake helps to prevent arterial clotting and the formation of fatty deposits within the arteries to fight off heart disease.
Beef—it’s what’s for dinner. And beings that I still have about 6 lbs of it here, it looks like it’s going to be breakfast tomorrow, too.
Mmmmmmm. Steak and eggs.
So what about you? Have you ever bought into the anti-beef advocates claims? Did you learn something from this post? Going to devour a nice steak today?
Post your comments below and I’ll be back VERY soon with another eye-opening post!
Talk to you in the comments section!
Joel
P.S. My friend and fellow nutritionist Isabel De Los Rios is a big fan of red meat, too, but I have to agree with her stance on the 4 so-called “healthy” foods she warns about here:
==> 4 foods to NEVER eat <——- click here
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I am a dedicated DSP follower and practitioner, so I hear you about the grass-fed beef. The expense is absolutely prohibitive. I can only enjoy it once in a great while.
I saw a preview of the movie ‘Forks over Knifes’ coming out May 6th. I had never heard of the China Study before. It changed my life!
I’m a big fan of the red meat. After all, we have pointy teeth for a reason.
Totally agree with you, funny how people don’t eat red meat but have a lot of “healthy processed snacks”
@ david:
uhm, read what i could of the china ‘study’ and perhaps you should find some scientific study to quote not an agenda item. there had to be some compelling information from a study of the size of campbell’s but he didn’t publish it or actually use it. he also mixed his blood samples from each village meaning individual results didn’t exist.
google or bing the china study and look for the refutation of it then come back and see if you still want to hang your hat on it.
try bison (or buffalo) it has less cholesterol and fat than chicken. and more protein.
also tough to find enough protein in just plant foods.
might try more saturated fats, not over cooking meats (by which i mean high heat cooking , which unfortunately i find to be the most flavorful way to cook meat), and carnitine. all good for lowering heart disease and increasing effective diameter of arteries and veins.
@ Joel Marion:
uhm, creatine is a proven cancer accelerator. may want to find another steroid of you really need one.
@ Ylwa:
100 oz of meat a day? thats 7 pounds of meat a day including 5 pounds for dinner?? don’t know where you live but maybe that was a monthly figure? or ??
@ MsMyTPen:
saturated fats are not the unhealthy ones. simply because they do not oxidize.
oxidized fats cause (and excuse me if this is spelled wrong) plaque ‘foam’ in the blood stream which damages LDL chloeresterol. which leads to cancer or at very least the ‘tightening’ of arterial walls(makes the veins and arteries have a smaller diameter)
@ Sallie:
‘really well done beef’ is a cancer causing nightmare. high heat breaks down the natural goodness of the saturated fats and converts them into creatine which is a cancer causer. and some of the n- things which i can’t spell without the book sitting in front of me. cook them slow and low.
@ Kimberley in HK:
love the info .
one picky point however.
porterhouse and sirloin are very different cuts of meat.
porterhouse and t-bone are the same in that they both include a strip steak and a rib eye/del monico around a bone. generally reasonably expensive.
sirloin is a medium inexpensive cut not as tender or usually as flavorful.
wow, dude, that’s great, i love a juicy steak, and now i love it more…
Wow, I am amazed at the benefits of eating ‘red meat’! As long as those facts are scientifically proven, that’s enough for me(!), as I am a scientist/mathematician/statistician. So, as long as the beef is ‘grass-fed’ then it’s actually very beneficial to eat ‘red meat’ – that is cool!
Why defrost them immediately?
I found a local farmer who raises grass fed beef and sells it at the farmers market by my house. I was buying it for months and my family was eating it and not saying anything until I asked my husband to put it on the grill. Now all of a sudden he won’t eat it becasue it has a different taste. I still use the ground beef but my husband won’t eat the steak. I now eat fish while my husband and sons eat the store bought steak. Needless to say my husband has many health issues due to his diet but he admitted he won’t change unless it becomes life threatening. Oh well, on with the grass fed beef.
I eat red met in moderation, as a change-up from pork or chicken. This post confirms that there’s nothing wrong with it, as long it’s not consumed in gargantuan quantities. Thank you!
Mmmmmm!!!! I LOVE meat! Nothing like a steak on the BBQ or a yummy roast beef (we had this last night) or osso bucco in the slow cooker. I was vegetarian for about 10 years and was the un-healthiest I’ve ever been! I started craving red meat when pregnant with my second child and have never looked back… Love it! Great article Joel.
ROFLMAO!
hi
i live in holland where we eat more pork rather than beef
i rarely see anything published about pork
further i would like to point out that i have noticed that people do an awfull lot of dwelling on what causes cancer etc
well what i have learned from all my studies on this subject is that the dwelling and focussing on all the disease will cause the disease sooner than just following you common scence and eating just because we need to feed our system
it is such a shame that people are so scared of all the food we are meant to eat by nature but think little about the so called processed junk thar the media is trying to shove down our throats
hey joel just an FYI, you and all your friends are just awesome! i have gone totally organic and grass fed and i only shop at the local market, i feel great, my skin is better, my body works as it should,i’ve lost fat, and just let me say i love red meat and eat it fairly often as well as pork and chicken. and eggs just about every morning!!i am 49 but look and feel about 30!!ask my friends :)
Hello everyone..I am an American liviing in Mexico. am 62 and I am healthier today than I have ever been. I have a very unique situation I eat everything fresh. I do not buy canned foods!!!! Since arriving here in Set. 2009 I have lost 25 pounds and have gone from a near 38 in waist to 32 1/2, and I have photos to prove my claim. I walk evry where, I gave up driving when I moved here. My belly is flat and getting flatter. I have some great food tips I would be glad to share. If I can do it anyone can do it. It takes education, a positive attitude, commitement, and an overwhelming desire to achive your goal. I am a winner I always win…you can be to.
Although some beef may be healthy for your body, I have found that after I eat red meat, my joints ache and I get chest pains. I just had the nuclear stress test and the colonoscopy so the “plumbing” works. I have found that with an autoimmune disease…such as I have, CFIDS and FIBRO for some reason, digestion of red meat doesn’t work so well for my body. We are all individual machines and must monitor our own processes. I have also found when I do have that piece of filet mignon…it binds my system. I loved eating beef but have found that if the result is a negative experience…I try to avoid it.
Has anyone read the China Study? Very interesting and controversial. I struggle with the high protein diet advice after reading this book.
I like beef, red meat does not cause heart attacks.
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