New study finds meat is healthy, no real health risks - TheBlaze
Not long ago, I was diagnosed pre-diabetic. A knew before the doctor told me because the Holy Ghost has been hounding me about it for some time. I like to drink Colas is one problem and like most people I consumed my share of potatoes and grains. When my A1C came back 0.1% in the diabetic range I decided to pay attention to my blood sugar and see what I could do about it. I bought a glucose meter at Walmart and started testing 8 times a day to see my trends. I cut out all sugars (which was very hard) and I switched to keto friendly breads. I found that my body couldn't handle the grains or potatoes. I finally changed to a meat and low carb vegetable diet my blood sure came down but I still hover in the mid to high 100s. I can easily end up in the red by eating some bread or potatoes. Now that I have made the switch to a keto diet I have started to loose weight and my blood sugar is in the green (on the high end for sure but according to my glucose meter I'm within the acceptable range). The only way I could get my sugar down any more would be to stop eating all together.Researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) released a study titled: "Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study." The paper was published in Nature journal in October.
The scientists declared, "We found weak evidence of association between unprocessed red meat consumption and colorectal cancer, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, and ischemic heart disease. Moreover, we found no evidence of an association between unprocessed red meat and ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke."
The authors of the study noted, "While there is some evidence that eating unprocessed red meat is associated with increased risk of disease incidence and mortality, it is weak and insufficient to make stronger or more conclusive recommendations."
I have a nagging feeling about the Word of Wisdom (not to mention food storage). Am I keeping with the WoW? Should I be eating breads and such, and just accept that diabetes might shorten my life? The WoW does say to eat meat sparingly and with keto one is doing anything but that so I'm torn and looking to see what other opinions I can get on the subject.