Category Archives: Meat Myths
High Protein Does NOT = Kidney Damage
I can’t tell you the amount of times someone has come to me claiming that they heard ‘high protein diets cause kidney damage.’ It seems everyone is born with an instruction manual that says: Saturated fat = heart disease Cut calories to lose weight Red meat = cancer Eat whole grains to get fiber High-Protein…
No Increase in Cancer From Red Meat
Despite what you’ve been told (or heard in the media) there’s no association between red meat and cancer. Similar to the false connection between saturated fat and heart disease, the misinformation surrounding cancer started with misleading research. In 1970, Dr. Ernst Wynder had apparently found a correlation between animal fats and colorectal cancer; until it…
But What About The China Study?
No matter how much information I share proving that animal products are essential (and a ‘lack of’ detrimental), I commonly encounter this: “But What About the China Study?” For those that have never heard of My Vegetarian Manifesto…Oops! I mean The China Study; Dr. T. Colin Campbell uses observational data from 65 countries in China…
If Meat = Murder, Monocrops = Mass Murder
Although I’ve already disarmed the majority of the arguments for avoiding animal protein: Meat is high in saturated fat and cholesterol Red meat causes cancer and heart disease Plant-based proteins, like beans, are equivalent and perfectly safe as a meat replacement Malnourished vegans and vegetarians will continue to sing the same song: “Animals are living…
The Fiber Fallacy
The world was first instructed to “Eat More Fiber“ because of research from Dr.’s Denis Burkitt and Hugh Trowell. They were studying the associations between diet and health status and wanted to determine why the diseases plaguing individuals in the Western World were not affecting secluded tribes in Africa. According to their observations, the lower…
We NEED Meat
Although science and anthropology provide ample support for consuming a diet high in animal flesh, I prefer to tackle the vegetarian debate by asking one simple question: Could you kill an animal with a knife or rock? What about your bare hands? The truth is, not a lot of us could. Not only because we’ve…
Heart Disease: Get Your Fats Straight
Clearly we haven’t benefited from the advice to eat less saturated fat. As obesity rates have more than doubled since the ‘Low-Fat’ recommendations were introduced, and recent evidence suggests that nearly 70% of baby-boomers are overweight. So, why is the majority of the population still trying to eat less fat? Because it’s been hammered into…
Born to Eat SATURATED Fat
Our hunter-gatherer ancestors thrived averaging 50% of their total calories from fat. And despite the so-called ‘healthy advice’ of the last 50 years most of it was from animals, that were high in the saturated and monounsaturated fats, and low in the polyunsaturated stuff. “The preshistoric humans of North America frequented animals such as camel,…
