No! That was not the headline on the recent news. I made up that to get your attention.

Now, you are here. Please read on.

The actual headlines were:

Red meat shown red card by U.S. dietary experts – Arab News, 26 March 2009 issue.

How about these headlines?

Too Much Red Meat May Shorten Lifespan – posted at USNews.com, 23 March 2009.

Live longer by reducing red meat intake: Study – posted at Canada.com, 23 March 2009.

Their headlines sound mild than mine; Red Meat Kills!

Here are excerpts of the news. Please read it. It’s for you.

From Arab News:

People who eat the most red meat and the most processed meat have the highest overall risk of death from all causes, including heart disease and cancer, US researchers reported yesterday.

The researchers said thousands of deaths could be prevented if people simply ate less meat.

“For overall mortality, 11 percent of deaths in men and 16 percent of deaths in women could be prevented if people decreased their red meat consumption,” Sinha’s team wrote.

Red meat and death, they said, were associated in several ways: Cancer-causing compounds are formed when meat is cooked at a high temperature. Meat is also a major source of saturated fat and contributes to risk factors for heart disease, including higher blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels.

Saturated fat has also been associated with breast and colorectal cancer. Processed meats have a high level of sodium nitrate, considered by many to be carcinogenic.

From Canada.com:

Eating large amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of dying, new research involving more than half a million people shows.

Red meat included bacon, beef, cold cuts, ham, hamburger, hot dogs, liver, pork, sausage, steak and meats in foods such as pizza, chili lasagna and stew.

White meat included chicken, turkey and fish, as well as poultry cold cuts, canned tuna and low-fat sausages and hot dogs made from poultry.

Processed meat included bacon, red meat sausage, cold cuts, ham and regular hot dogs.

From USNews.com

In fact, reducing meat consumption to the amount eaten by the bottom 20 percent seen in the study would save 11 percent of men’s lives and 16 percent of women’s, according to the study.

But the American Meat Institute objected to the conclusion, saying in a statement that the study relied on “notoriously unreliable self-reporting about what was eaten in the preceding five years. This imprecise approach is like relying on consumers’ personal characterization of their driving habits in prior years in determining their likelihood of having an accident in the future.”

“Meat is an excellent source of zinc, iron, B12 and other essential vitamins and minerals,” the statement continued. “The U.S. Dietary Guidelines say to eat a balanced diet that includes lean meat. In this way, you derive a wide array of nutrients from many different sources. It’s the best return on a nutritional investment you can get.”

Men and women eating the highest amount of red meat were found to have a 31 percent and 36 percent, respectively, higher risk of dying from any cause than those eating the least amount.

Causes of death for those in the study included diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, ulcers, pneumonia, influenza, liver disease, HIV, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and more.

So what? Would you change your diet now?

No!

How could you resist the Caldereta, the Bulalo, the Hotdogs … and the list goes on.

Are we helpless then on what we can devour? 

Or, can we change for good?

Honestly, I did it few years ago.

I still eat meat but much seldom and mostly on occasions only. You know, those parties, and when no choice at all, like at restaurants. My secret … I always ask this question before picking one, “Is this food GOOD for my health?” rather than “Is this food delicious?”

It is that … SIMPLE but it makes a big difference on me.

Don’t expect overnight change, though. It took me years before I am consistent in choosing the GOOD ones.

But, if you want a fast one. The one that reset your years of eating Longganiza, Tocino, Bistek, Adobo, Pork Chops, Pork BBQ … are you salivating? No! I did.

How about LECHON? Got ya!

Read on …

I was once addicted to that  little round yellow cake with very sweet thing on top of it.

Yeah! Custard cake. I just called it Mamon. That’s how it looks like anyway.

    Delicious?

I said I was addicted because I can’t control myself every time I went to Batha. For you never been in Riyadh, that is the Filipino market place. Again, I can’t control myself going to, tadang! The bakeshop at Pinoy Supermarket in Batha and buy at least one, MAMON. I swear. They have the best mamon in town at the price range of, maybe Sr4.00 now. Ha! Never been there for quite some time now; what a big achievement. Once the mamon is mine, meaning paid it, I immediately devour it even though I am already full; at my consternation later.  Gee, I have eaten again. Why?

Thanks heaven. Sugar Addiction is beyond me now.

Lately, I had been in Batha but I was not buying anymore the mamon even if I was at the supermarket. But, please don’t offer me one - FREE. Pangit tumanggi ng grasya. He3.

How I did it?

Well … actually I did not expect that it would be one of the good outcomes.

What I did? The answer … six full moons ago, I fasted for 4 days with juice and water only.

I repeat; I fasted with fresh, fruit juice (not the canned, packed, bottled type) and water only.

FASTING reset my food preferences to what my body should have; healthy, nutritious foods.  

Mamon (Sugar Addiction) is gone for good.

Give it a try.

I do not need to write it down here on how I did it. Fasting information is everywhere. Google it.

Just open your mind for you to see and,

Just do it!

Always remember, RED MEAT KILLS!

Maraming salamat.

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