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If red meat is bad for you why is....

goldengloves Posts: 690 Joined: 2003/09/19	2004/06/09, 12:09 PM Why is steak good for you, if they say you shouldnt eat red meat?
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/06/09, 01:00 PM Who is they?? Eat your beef. This was just another media frenzy with the low fat thing. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
Woodie Posts: 148 Joined: 2004/04/28	2004/06/09, 02:11 PM Plants are what food eat. -------------- I will get to it as soon as I am done lifting.
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/06/09, 02:18 PM I don't know if red meat is bad or not, but I think if you eat it in moderation you are ok. We bought some 7% ground beef last night, and let me tell you, after a month of eating only chicken as our meat for dinners, that hamburger was just about the best thing I have EVER eaten!!
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/10, 07:11 AM BB1fit is exactly right, just like always. Eat beef, it's good for you. And it keeps the cow population from growing out of control. I don't think any of us want herds of cows roaming through the streets with nothing to do. Idle cows are just trouble looking for a place to happen. :cool: -------------- Anni ******* Hard work must have killed somebody
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/06/10, 09:06 AM OI! easy on the cows, anni
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/06/10, 12:14 PM Some people have personal reasons for choosing a vegetarian lifestyle, but there's no nutritional reason to avoid red meat. Different cuts of beef have great variances in the amount of fat they contain so you can be selective as to what KIND of red meat you consume... but the protein and micronutrients in them are essential to your diet, and if you're not getting them from the meat you need to be supplementing them from other sources. So break out the grill and eat that steak!:big_smile:
david_s81 Posts: 543 Joined: 2004/04/09	2004/06/10, 02:16 PM Very true. I am sooooo picky about my cuts of meat. I have to get the lean stuff, but a lot of people complain about the flavor. Even with the ground turkey and stuff. I am a season freak. I season stuff pretty good, so I'm happy with lean, less-flavorful meat. I don't want that cows fat to be my fat. -------------- A broken clock is right twice a day
ursusarktos Posts: 346 Joined: 2004/01/18	2004/06/13, 12:42 PM If it doesn't contain something that once ran, swam or flew, then it's not a complete meal.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/06/13, 07:34 PM This is true....vegetarian sources of protein almost invariably have to be combined to be complete. They are normally lacking in an essential amino acid. ============ Quoting from ursusarktos: If it doesn't contain something that once ran, swam or flew, then it's not a complete meal. ============= -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/06/13, 07:52 PM not to mention you can't get vitamin b12 from anything but animal products... -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
ursusarktos Posts: 346 Joined: 2004/01/18	2004/06/14, 03:35 PM My comment was sort of tongue in cheek because yes, veggie sources can be combined for a complete protein. However, I suspect that the vast majority of vegetarians do not understand how to do this properly. For vegans particularly, it gets even more difficult. By the way, what in the world is a vegetarian omelette???