20 seconds with google will give thousands of articles showing the common sense result that eating meat which contains lots of saturated fat massively increases the risks of heart disease, cancer, etc. Of course, scientific evidence of health benefits won't stop anyone from ranting about "what we are meant to eat". Google will also show that cardiovascular disease is increasingly common in young Americans, even teenagers.
"It is estimated from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) (1988-1991) that 33% of the US population is obese, compared with 25% in NHANES II (1976-1980).1 Fatness is associated with a number of comorbidities, including several forms of heart disease. Although heredity explains 30% to 70% of cases of obesity, environmental contributions to the increasing prevalence of obesity must be sought since the gene pool has remained stable over the same interval. Diets high in fat (and calories)2 and a reduced expenditure of energy in the form of physical activity3 are the most likely explanations. "
"Eric Rimm, Sc.D., and his Harvard colleagues followed 43,700 middle-aged, male health professionals for six years. The more plant foods they ate--fruits, vegetables, and grains--the less likely they were to suffer heart disease. Compared with those who ate the fewest plant foods, those who at the most had 41 percent fewer heart attacks.[30]
Researchers at Loma Linda University in Southern California compared the health of 25,000 Seventh-Day Adventists, whose religion requires vegetarianism, with the health of similar meat-eating Americans. The Adventists sufferered 40 percent fewer heart attacks, and when they had them, their heart attacks occurred, on average, 10 years later in life. (They developed significantly less cancer as well.)[31]
British researchers placed flyers in health food stores around the U.K. and recruited 10,700 people who ate a “healthy diet.” Only about half were strict vegetarians, but the vast majority (even the 19 percent who smoked) ate a near-vegetarian diet with lots of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. After 17 years, compared with the general British population, the self-styled healthy eaters had 24 percent fewer deaths from heart disease (and 32 percent fewer deaths from stroke and less cancer as well).[32]
New Zealand researchers compared the health of 6,115 vegetarians and 5,015 people who ate meat. After eliminating other risk factors for heart disease (smoking, etc.), the vegetarians were 28 percent less likely to develop heart disease (and 39 percent less likely to get cancer).[33]
“No question about it,” says Tim Beyers, M.D., a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, “a plant-based diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables reduces risk of heart disease.”
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A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows a doubling of the risk of colon cancer for people who are heavy consumers of red meat. More specifically, it shows that the risk doubles compared to those who consume smaller quantities of red meat.
