Eating Processed Meat and Red Meat Significantly Raises Risk of Death (Study)

It come to no surprise that eating process meat is not healthy. I understand that too and try my best to avoid it, but in this world now, the current situation, people grow up with process food and think hey, it's normal to eat them anyway, but the truth is, it's really really bad for health but everyone is ignoring it. I think mostly all sickness is tied to the things we eat. My mom, she's the slimmest one in the family and I'm fatter than her but her cholesterol is way higher than mine, and that I'm surprise.

My dad when he's young, he use to drink soft drink like "pepxx" or "cola" everyday, and I follow him that way too, but one day he just stop drinking them and I ask him why? He told me he when to the doctor coz of some condition and the doctor warn my dad. Doc say's if you want to lose your leg to diabetics then carry on drinking those soft drink everyday, so my dad stop. Me, I'm not sure why, I too stop drinking soft drink from that day onwards, maybe I wanna be like my dad, who knows, and that was way back when I'm very very young, but I'm really glad he stop coz that make me stop too and I feel healthier ever since. 

So people, bad habit are hard to break, process and fast food taste better and faster but it will cost you your health, normal food take's more time to prepare but you will be healthier, so what do you think? Habit can be change anytime if you want to, I know it's hard coz when the whole universe is practicing fast food and process food, that's a problem that no one know how to solve. 

We are now a generation of fast dying people thanks to all the rubbish food introduced. All animals are now fast feed until they Fat before sending them to sell, Vege are full of chemical coz need to get rid of bugs, Fish are contaminated because of tiny plastic pieces. Everyone is feeding their baby or kids sweet, potato chips, soft drink and other junk food. You may think I'm paranoid, but I think it's best not to give kids process food coz their system is not like adult, not yet fully grown. I see my close family always buy junk food for the kids, and the kids always gets sick or fever. I remember I don't easily fall sick when I young, but kids now days, always sick. Take a guess and think why they always sick? Is-sit because of the food consumed?

I do eat junk food and process food too, but would always try my best to cut down on them, or try to avoid them if possible. I think junk food or process food is like slow silent killer. They don't kill you but they slowly build up in your body. Better be safe than Sorry. So just try to eat less of Junk or Process Food, and food with label that look like rocket science, coz if you don't understand what's in it then better stay away from it. Btw below is the study about eating Processed meat, do check it out.....

Eating Processed Meat and Red Meat Significantly Raises Risk of Death (Study)

By Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo! blogger | Healthy Living – Tue, Mar 13, 2012 12:28 PM EDT

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A major new study may put the final nail in the coffin, so to speak, of the "bacon with everything" food craze. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health examined data from more than 110,000 people and found that eating as little as two pieces of bacon or one hot dog a day upped their mortality rate by 20% over a 20-year period. A small, three-ounce serving of red meat a day (about the size of a deck of cards) increased mortality by 13%.

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Consuming processed meat has long been linked to higher rates of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Dr. An Pan, lead author of the study, told the LA Times that before they crunched the numbers, his team of researchers assumed that only processed meat posed significant health risks. They were surprised by the final results: "Any red meat you eat contributes to the risk," said Pan.

The good news? The team found that swapping poultry or vegetarian protein options for processed or red meat made a big difference in outcomes. Eating a serving of nuts instead of red meat was associated with a 19% lower risk of mortality. Choosing poultry over red meat was linked with a 14% lower risk of dying.

"This study provides clear evidence that regular consumption of red meat, especially processed meat, contributes substantially to premature death," said senior researcher Frank Hu, PhD, in a statement. "On the other hand, choosing more healthful sources of protein in place of red meat can confer significant health benefits by reducing chronic disease morbidity and mortality." 

Although Pan says that no amount of processed meat or red meat is good for you, he suggests that, "If you want to eat red meat, eat the unprocessed products, and reduce it to two or three servings a week." He told the Times he eats two to three servings of red meat a week and avoids all processed meat.