DuhNooz rides again. Tucked away in a corner of the New York Times, a nook called “Well Blog,” we discover:
“A new Harvard study that found no increased risk of heart disease among meat eaters is generating a lot of buzz for red meat. ‘A Guilt-Free Hamburger,’ reads one headline. ‘Order the Steak,’ begins another.”
I don’t know about you, but that would be a joy-generating hurray for me. I like meat. Good, marbled, red meat. Cooked close enough to rare that there’s no doubt I’m having red meat. And that blog bit says to me, eat. Eat and be happy. But then they start backtracking. Sob.
“But the research, published this week in the journal Circulation, is not so much a celebration of red meat as it is an indictment of processed meats like bacon, sausage and deli meats. Eating one serving of those foods a day was associated with a 42 percent higher risk of heart disease and 19 percent increased risk of diabetes. But there was no increase in risk associated with eating unprocessed red meat.” (1)
Duh-h! Anybody know what they just said? Did they say something, then immediately take it off the table? Or did they prime us with one bit of hope just to destroy it with a major put-down of another group of beloved appetite soothers? Don’t these people called experts realize they’re applying major frustration to us people out here who just wanna eat?
And what’s their point? One day coffee’s good for you, the next day not. The wine you had for dinner last night was good for you then, this morning? Major turnaround! Warnings in the news! What IS their point?
Is this the battle of the food processors? Not the machines, people. The industries. One hires a bunch of experts at one “respected” U, the opposing processing team hires another and they go at it?
I think we got it. In fact exhustive research by this blog (consisting of reading one exhausting newspaper story) turned up a case. Vanderbilt U came out with a study on coffee that blessed fervently coffee addicts throughout the world. We all sighed relievedly.
Now let me remember… hmm… who paid for this study? Would you guess… could you believe… the coffee industry? Duh-h. All hope dashed again.
(1) via Don’t Bring Home the Bacon – Well Blog – NYTimes.com.
