Meat & Colon Cancer: Not What You Think

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With our first nice weather of the year, I picked up some rib eyes and we fired up the grill. I like keeping the grill temperature low not just for taste, but for health reasons too! Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net and artur84.

With our first nice weather of the year, I picked up some rib eyes and we fired up the grill. I like keeping the grill temperature low not just for taste, but for health reasons too! Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhoto.net and artur84.

The Diet Doctor is on the case…again! This time around he tackles why red meat eaters get more colon cancer. Before freaking out and deciding to toss out that delicious cow meat, keep a couple of things in mind:

  • The studies conducted are observational. Meaning that correlation does not equal causation. Most findings from observational studies are typically proven wrong, exaggerated or misleading.
  • The associated risk is with processed meats. We’re not talking about prime cuts or ground meat. Think bagged pepperoni, ham and nitrate-loaded bacon.

The problem with these “findings” has more to do with researchers’ bias and bad reporting. We’ve been eating meat since man stood upright (and even before then). Yet now we’re seeing a slight increase in colon cancer. Hmmmm…something is afoot. Read More

How Does Eating Low Carb Improve Performance?

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So what are the medical benefits of a low carb diet? In an interview with the Diet Doctor, Peter Attia discusses the benefits of low carb diets and just how low carb you can go. Attia is a medical doctor, blogger and an endurance athlete. He talks about how he gradually moved from a conventional low-fat/high-carb diet to a low-carb/high-fat/moderate protein diet.

The move happened when he couldn’t figure out why he was gaining weight (40 pounds) despite regular exercise and eating the recommended conventional diet.

In addition to conducting research and interviewing experts, he’s  experimented on himself to gain insights on the low-carb diet and its impact on physical and mental performance.

It’s an interesting interview.