This week on youtube a renowned woman made lecture on meat,
Denise Minger is a former vegan and very popular blogger, As she says, there
may be a few concerns about high beef consumption, but they can easily be fixed
with a few humble adjustments.
Here are what she advice, the main concerns that she raises in
her lecture.
Causes of too much beef
During evolution, humans didn't just eat beef. Back in the day,
they used to treasure intestine.
Hunter-gatherers ate "nose-to-tail," which means
muscles, organs and other tissues. Organs like liver tend to have a lot more
micronutrients than muscle, such as vitamin A, vitamin B and iron.
Muscle meat also tends to be very high in the amino acid
methionine. Animal studies have shown that eating of less beef has health benefits and may
increase once lifespan.
Studies have come to similar conclusions, suggesting that
limiting methionine may improve metabolic health and even increase lifespan to
a similar extent as calorie restriction.
Though, more human research on the topic is needed to form a
solid conclusion.
Nevertheless, including more organ meat in your diet in place of
beef may help you limit your intake of methionine and increase your intake of
many nutrients.
There are some dangers to cooking meat at very high
temperatures.
The most common high-heat cooking methods include grilling,
broiling, frying and deep-frying.
High-heat cooking methods can form unhealthy compounds like
heterocyclic amines (HAs), (AGEs)
and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
They incline to form as some of the nutrients in meat react with
some of its other components at very high temperatures.
These harmful compounds have been connected to an increased risk
of several types of cancer, including breast and pancreatic cancer.
Below are a few tips on how to minimize these harmful compounds
in foods:
·
Limit your intake of charred and smoked foods. If your meat is
burnt, cut away the charred pieces.
·
Don't expose meat directly to a flame and minimize cooking at
temperatures above 150°C/300°F.
·
Marinating meat in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic or red wine
can reduce HCAs by up to 90% (
·
When cooking at very high heat, flip the meat frequently.
She also said some few on red beef,
Meat is generally very high in the mineral iron.
Iron binds to hemoglobin in the blood and plays a vital role in
delivering oxygen to all the tissues in your body.
However, having very high iron levels in the body can create risk in the long term, especially in
men.
Women have menstruation to help them remove excess blood and
iron from the body. However, men, non-menstruating women and children don't
have an efficient mechanism to expel iron from the body.
If iron intake is very high, it can cause iron to build up in
the blood, causing symptoms of iron toxicity.
This is not a concern for most people, but a genetic disorder
called hereditary hemochromatosis can result in elevated absorption of iron.
For those who have this disorder, eating a lot of rich in iron can cause problems, and red meat happens
to be very rich in iron.
If you have this condition, there are a few things you can do to
reduce your iron levels:
·
Donate blood regularly.
·
Drink coffee or tea with meals that contain a lot of iron, as
they hinder the absorption of iron.
·
Avoid foods that are rich in vitamin C when you eat foods with a
lot of iron, since vitamin C increases iron absorption.
·
Eat less red meat.
The only way to know if this pertains to you is to get your iron
levels tested, or to get tested for the genetic mutation itself.
Yet, as with most things in nutrition, there are some potential
concerns regarding a high meat intake.
These include the consumption of the amino acid methionine and
unhealthy compounds that form during cooking, as well as a high iron intake.
Fortunately, these distresses can easily be accounted for with
some minor adjustments to your nutrition.
Thing you can to make beef better.
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January 07, 2018
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