The human digestive system, from start to finish, is a pretty amazing thing. Our teeth are, for mammals, pretty generic; we lack the big stabbing canines and carnassial teeth of carnivores, and we also lack the constantly-growing grinding teeth of animals like horses, which live mostly on silica-laden grasses. Our digestive tract isn't the short gut of a carnivore, nor does it have big fermenting chambers to deal with coarse vegetation, as do animals like goats, deer, and cattle - ruminants.
In other words, we're omnivores, and we're pretty good at it; our digestive systems are basically garbage disposals. Humans have a remarkable capacity to turn many food sources into nutrition; if you don't believe me, just take note of the fact that people still eat at McDonald's.
But meat is the prince of foods. It's high quality, a neat package of proteins, vitamins, and essential fats, and more and more studies are finding that it's not only not a detriment, as some activists claim, but that it may actually help to prevent some cancers.
Recent research from Canada’s McMaster University revealed that animal-sourced foods are not linked to a higher risk of death.
The study discovered that animal proteins could also offer protective benefits against cancer-related mortality, according to a press release from the university.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 16,000 adults, aged 19 and older, considering how much animal and plant protein they typically consumed.
They also examined whether these diet patterns were associated with a risk of dying from causes such as heart disease and cancer.
The results revealed no increased risk of death in association with eating more animal protein.
The data also showed a “modest but significant reduction” in cancer-related mortality.
Well, that's good news. There you have it - if you're concerned about cancer, eat more steaks, burgers and chops.
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That's a fringe benefit, of course. While, of course, anyone is free to eat or not eat what they please, meat remains as it has been through the whole of human history: High-quality protein that we strive to find, that our bodies crave. Our most remarkable biological possession, our big brains, are metabolic gas-guzzlers. They need fats and protein, and plenty of it, or they won't work properly. Meat is simply the best way to gain this essential nutrition.
Precautionary note: If you're grilling burgers to take advantage of this new good news, just don't use the Schumer technique.
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Now, the study here would appear to be measuring correlation, not causation. But that won't make much difference to most of us. Most people want meat, need meat, and enjoy meat regularly, be it burgers, a steak, a pork chop, chicken wings, or death missiles hot dogs. Personally, I prefer to hunt my own protein, but no matter how one comes by it, meat is the prince of foods - and bacon, to add a personal note, is the king of meats.
Now, anti-meat crusaders will point at this:
This research was funded by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), although the researchers noted that NCBA was “not involved in the study design, data collection and analysis or publication of the findings.”
To which we may very well reply, "So what?"
Now I'm hungry.
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