December 2015

What kinds of meats and protein sources do you eat for strong muscle growth?

I recently was asked why often processed meats and roast beef and ham in the store has a rainbow tinge to it and since I don't eat beef or rarely any luncheon meat at all I decided to look into it more. The first few google search results had many medical papers and news report articles about it, but when I came across many articles like these 5 below I stopped to read them:

A) What Causes Beef Rainbows?

B) Pink slime and red meat — What's the takeaway?

C) Bacteria, Spoilage

D) 6 Food Industry Tricks You Don’t Know About

Then I came across the most medically credible and surprisingly disturbing article of all. I read this interesting medical research paper from the HAL Archives Ouvertes - France on the US National Library of Medicine website entitled- Processed meat and colorectal cancer: a review of epidemiologic and experimental evidence (direct link below). Their medical study found an increased risk of colon and rectum cancer in patients eating processed meats cumulatively and too frequently. It is commonly known that putting too many chemicals in the human body that is not the way human food consumption was meant to is dangerous, but now it seems that even consuming too much processed meats from traditional meat cured from brine cumulatively and too frequently can possibly increase one's risk of contracting cancer of the bowels and rectum due to the chemical reaction that occurs when it is digested.


Full Article: Processed meat and colorectal cancer: a review of epidemiologic and experimental evidence

I recommend making more time to make cost effective and healthy home made meals with boiled, baked, or grilled meats, if your like luncheon meats for your lunches that are from scratch at home: such as baking or grilling your own poultry, fish, or roast of any kind and slicing or filleting it yourself for your salads and sandwiches instead of buying luncheon meats as often. You may live longer and pain free for the little invested time. Plus you can always take left overs for your lunch from your healthy home made supper the night before as a quick and easy option that is not only cost effective and better for the environment, it's healthier to cook your own foods at home.