Do You Worry About Eating Too Much Meat?

If so, read the interesting essay by Dr. Georgia Ede on the health of traditional heavy meat-eating cultures such as the Masai and Inuits.

Of the Canadian Eskimos of a century ago, Dr. Ede writes:

Their diets were therefore extremely low in fiber most of the time, and very high in animal protein and animal fat.  These traditional ways of eating would terrify the USDA, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, not to mention the Harvard School of Public Health, which remains a staunchly anti-meat, anti-saturated fat, anti-cholesterol institution.  How in the world did these uninformed fringe types manage to get all their vitamins and minerals without the heaping helpings of colorful fruits, vegetables, and whole grains without which we are told we shall surely perish?

Weren’t they cancer-riddled, heart-clenching, constipated, fat slobs who died young from scary deficiency diseases like rickets and scurvy?

[Apparently not.]

This post was not designed to provide an airtight argument for meat and health, but I do hope that it has at least prompted those of you who remain skeptical about meat to rethink what you’ve been led to believe. If you’ve got a hankerin’ for more information about meat and health, take a look at my meat page.

Check it out.

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4 responses to “Do You Worry About Eating Too Much Meat?

  1. Jim Jozwiak

    Personally, I start to feel anxiety when protein has gone too high.

  2. Jan

    An extremely interesting and well documented read. Thank you for posting.

    All the best Jan

  3. Galina L.

    I usually not eat too much meat, I noticed how well my body signals about its need for proteins. I recently decided to try a new more physically demanding activity – a pole fitness. As my strength grows and I am getting better at climbing that pole and holding on it, I crave more meat then before at training days, not more carbs or fats.

  4. I love meat, glorious organic-grass fed meat, eggs, and wild caught fish.