Now scientific or medical 'experts' are telling us that in order to avoid bowel cancer and many other forms of cancer we should reduce our consumption of red meat to 75 grammes a day. That means three rashers of bacon or two sausages. Perhaps someone should point out that our very early ancestors, the cavemen, had to run after and kill their meat and as they didn't farm vegetables or fruit, their diet consisted mainly of large quantities of raw red meat. They didn't own fridges or freezers so what was not eaten immediately probably went off but still got eaten if their hunting hadn't been successful. I know they didn't reach ages to match ours today but nevertheless I am sure that they didn't all die in huge numbers from bowel cancer either.
The problem with these experts is that they latch on to something and then tell us that it's bad for us but very often another lot of experts come up with other studies that have the opposite opinion so that we don't really know who to believe. Perhaps they haven't heard of the rules that the majority of us live by and that's: 'all things in moderation' and 'a little of what you fancy does you good'.
As for me, I don't have any plans to turn vegetarian even if I do have a couple of days each week when I don't eat meat and NOTHING will make me give up the occasional bacon sandwich or roast beef dinner!
Hi Grandma,
ReplyDeleteThe only expert I follow is how my grandparents lived. They ate three square meals on a schedule and had snacks before bed. They ate bacon and eggs every morning for their 50+ years together and lived to be eighty-seven. I'd say that works.
Hi Robin!
ReplyDeleteWhen we were kids we ate a cooked breakfast before walking to school. We either had eggs, bacon rashers or porridge followed by toast and marmalade. We had good school dinners with meat, two veg and a pudding which was cooked on the premises at school. Then when we got home it was a sandwich or scones and jam with a cake for tea and a snack before bed which was usually cheese, biscuits and pickle or a slice of bread and dripping (that's the fat which drips off a roast pork or beef joint, mmmmm). I don't think my arteries are any more furred up than anyone else's. As long as the diet is varied and we move around where we can and get plenty of fresh air, I can't see any problem.