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Originally Posted by teedubya
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The China Study is also considered to have flaws in it too. Not just by mainstream registered dietitians but also many in the natural food or natural health fields. I know a bunch of folks that went completely vegan after that book. Not every metabolic type does well on a vegan diet, or even a vegetarian one. Some suffer a loss of health after a diet of that kind. Furthermore you can't look at foods in isolation since health is holistic. There are too many other variables in those villages they studied. Rural Chinese are less likely to die from the diseases of affluence too. On the other hand some of the principles in the book are sound. Like: " eating more whole and unprocessed foods and plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables and beans will improve the health of most Americans."
http://www.healthyeating.org/Blog/Ar...ina-Study.aspx
It's perhaps not red meat per se that's bad, but what's in it or any preservatives. So the author of the China study may have valid points in that area as well, since some in the natural health field say we're not designed to eat cattle raised on grain, fed hormones and antibiotics to maximize their growers' profits. For those who oppose those methods there is grass fed beef, organically raised chickens and wild game to eat. Reasonable quantities of animal flesh is fine but lots of fruits and vegetables ( that are not overcooked) is beneficial to good health.