In a Facebook post on Sunday about the dinner plates I use, I alluded to some recent headlines that said red meat will kill you. In a perfectly good post about fine china, why would I muddy the waters by talking about the risks of meat consumption? Because this kind of news is alarming!
Not to fear, it’s all a bunch of media hype and jumping to conclusions.
The study that led to this was based on a questionnaire. Have you ever asked someone to recount how much they ate or drank of certain things? Unless they’re keeping a food journal, the answer is NEVER accurate. We always conveniently forget how much bad stuff we’ve eaten and overestimate the good stuff. Definitely not a scientific way to determine whether meat is good for you or not.
Mark’s Daily Apple has a very good guest post that breaks down this study and debunks it pretty thoroughly. In addition to the observational nature of the study, it describes several other flaws in the conclusions that were drawn. If you’ve never checked out Mark’s Daily Apple, definitely take a look — it’s a great resource.
Now let’s have a questionnaire of our own — I’m guessing the people with with “best” answers will chime in, while those who didn’t do so well will keep it to themselves. Prove me wrong!
What did you eat for breakfast today? Lunch?
Jim Wyles and Bruce McLaughlin present... synchronized knees-to-elbows! 3/13/12
March 22, 2012 WOD
Thruster x 3 (men: 100 lbs; women: 65 lbs)
Chest-to-bar pullup x 3
Thruster x 6
Chest-to-bar pullup x 6
Thruster x 9
Chest-to-bar pullup x 9
… continue incrementing reps by 3 every round
As many reps as possible in 7 minutes
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Breakfast: Larabar and Odwalla Superfood drink
Lunch: Grapefruit and turkey slices
Snack: carrots & organic blueberries
Dinner: Organic ground beef meat sauce (Muir Glen Organic sauce) w/black olives and sundried tomatoes.
I know it’s not perfect, probably could use more protien at breakfast, and a few more veggies as well!!!
Breakfast: large handful of almonds, 1 banana, coffee w/ half and half, tea
Lunch: 1 grilled chicken breast, 1 red bell pepper, some grilled zucchini (I cooked the zucchini last night and it was pretty gross today so I only ate a little, maybe half a zucchini), 1 diet coke
Snack: 3 hardboiled eggs, some peanuts and raisins (unsweetened)
Dinner: Tuna “melt” (1 can tuna, some mayo, some mustard, salt, pepper,) mozzarella and cheddar cheese, 1 cucumber
Snack: 1 apple w/ sunflower butter
Breakfast: 4 eggs 2 strips bacon
Lunch: chicken breast handful of spinach
Snack: small apple and a spoonful of carmel almond butter.
Dinner: bowl of chili
Breffist: three eggs from backyard chickens; sausage;
coffee with heavy cream
Skipped lunch (not standard, just happened that way today)
Dinner: grass-fed organic ground beef with sliced turnips, all fried in butter
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with on onions, garlic and spinach.
2 cups STRONG coffee with Tble spoon of creamer and agave.
Snack: a protien bar and water
Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast, hummus with carrots, zucchini and a banana. Water
Dinner: Chicken in green curry sauce over rice.
Breakfast: carne asada steak, sweet potatoes, mixed fruit, black coffee