Red Meat Dangers

Most of us like red meat from time to time, but how much is too much?

It's not so much about how much you eat at one sitting, but more about how often you eat red meat that seems to be the issue.

A new, very large, study looked at the age old question of how good, or bad, red meat is for us. We've known for some time that too much red meat isn't part of a healthy diet. But this new study, following over 100,000 people for 2 decades, found out that eating red meat every day increased our chances of an early death. Researchers found that someone eating a single serving of red meat every day; we're talking about a serving the size of a deck of cards; had a higher chance of a premature death. And eating processed red meat like hot dogs, bacon or bologna, every day made that risk go up even more. On the flip side of the coin, researchers also found out that eating fish or poultry instead of red meat actually cut your risk of an early death.

Now, this isn't a call to stop eating any red meat. It simply means that my favorite word, moderation, is back at work. Red meat occasionally can be part of a healthy diet. But too much of it too often can be dangerous for your overall health.