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Is eating meat healthy?
Well we have always been asking ourselves whether eating meat is healthy or not? The answer is Yes and No. The reason behind this is not all the meat is same. Rather than asking the question whether eating meat is healthy, one should ask which meat is actually healthy. I am a physical therapist and every day I encounter new patients in my clinic. Whenever I try to take their past history I figured out some strange thing that I would like to add up. In the conclusion we will be able to derive the strange facts and whether they are related with eating healthy.
So few days ago I had this patient who came from china 2 weeks ago. The patient had the past history of cancer and hypertension. When I took the blood pressure the systolic by diastolic blood pressure of the patient was 140/90. I normally ask the patient regarding their diet habits and all that stuff when I start therapeutic exercises, this way they don't feel bored with the exercise and it also gives me enough time to actually know them outside their physical therapy plan. So I asked the patient and he reported that he eats pork almost every day and beef 2 times per week. The patient also reported that he eats lots of green vegetables and steamed rice (he is Asian and they tend to eat everything mostly steamed). He also told me that he doesn't eat chicken or turkey and find them tasteless.
Now let's see the scenario of the other patient. This patient is an african-american male 42-years-old. The patient is on the drug for hyperthyroidism, diabetes and stroke. The patient reported of stroke 4years ago. The patient states that he loves eating French fries and drinking soda. He also reported that he eats more of beacon and beef. The patient denies of eating pork as he is Muslim. Now looking at the general habits I asked him if he eats any green vegetables along with the meet. The patient reports that he eats beef almost every day and green vegetables and beans 3-4 times in a week. The patient loves beef burgers and eating them at the McDonalds.
Now let's see the third scenario. The patient is a female 33-years-old with no past history of diabetes, stroke or cancer. The patient's blood pressure is 130/90 and is in the stage of pre-hypertension. The patient is a Caucasian and pretty healthy. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall, loves to play tennis and weighs 160lb. The patient reports of eating chicken, beef and pork 7 days a week by alternating between the three meats. The patient denies of eating any sea food as she is allergic to the sea food. The patient reports of doing workouts 3 times per week for 45 mins. The patient reports of eating vegetables and fruits 2-3 times per week.
All the three cases mentioned above were totally different in age, sex and their geographical native places. However, one thing was pretty common in them and that is their eating habits. All three of them loved eating meat which consists of pork and beef. However, all three of them deny eating chicken and turkey. So what we could see is pork and beef are the main culprits here which might target the increase in the hypertension in all three of them.
WebMD article states that red meat is hazardous to health. Red meat (pork and beef) contains carcinogen which is the main key factor causing cancer. Also red meat contains lots of fats and lipids. If your body activity involves heavy labor and hard exercises red meat is still favorable because you are going to work out anyways. But one should remember that red meat contains high amount of lipid contents and so real workouts is needed to burn those calories. On the contrary chicken and turkey contains lots of proteins which is actually good for health. Protein is need for the wear and tear process going inside the body and so they are building blocks of human health.
So we can conclude here that red meat is the main key factors which can cause hypertension and cancer. If you eat red meat, workouts and exercises are a must. One should not eat more red meat if you have a sedentary life style.
Thank you
Sweta Christian, PT
www.ArdentPT.com
www.PractisingPT.com
Well we have always been asking ourselves whether eating meat is healthy or not? The answer is Yes and No. The reason behind this is not all the meat is same. Rather than asking the question whether eating meat is healthy, one should ask which meat is actually healthy. I am a physical therapist and every day I encounter new patients in my clinic. Whenever I try to take their past history I figured out some strange thing that I would like to add up. In the conclusion we will be able to derive the strange facts and whether they are related with eating healthy.
So few days ago I had this patient who came from china 2 weeks ago. The patient had the past history of cancer and hypertension. When I took the blood pressure the systolic by diastolic blood pressure of the patient was 140/90. I normally ask the patient regarding their diet habits and all that stuff when I start therapeutic exercises, this way they don't feel bored with the exercise and it also gives me enough time to actually know them outside their physical therapy plan. So I asked the patient and he reported that he eats pork almost every day and beef 2 times per week. The patient also reported that he eats lots of green vegetables and steamed rice (he is Asian and they tend to eat everything mostly steamed). He also told me that he doesn't eat chicken or turkey and find them tasteless.
Now let's see the scenario of the other patient. This patient is an african-american male 42-years-old. The patient is on the drug for hyperthyroidism, diabetes and stroke. The patient reported of stroke 4years ago. The patient states that he loves eating French fries and drinking soda. He also reported that he eats more of beacon and beef. The patient denies of eating pork as he is Muslim. Now looking at the general habits I asked him if he eats any green vegetables along with the meet. The patient reports that he eats beef almost every day and green vegetables and beans 3-4 times in a week. The patient loves beef burgers and eating them at the McDonalds.
Now let's see the third scenario. The patient is a female 33-years-old with no past history of diabetes, stroke or cancer. The patient's blood pressure is 130/90 and is in the stage of pre-hypertension. The patient is a Caucasian and pretty healthy. She is 5 feet 6 inches tall, loves to play tennis and weighs 160lb. The patient reports of eating chicken, beef and pork 7 days a week by alternating between the three meats. The patient denies of eating any sea food as she is allergic to the sea food. The patient reports of doing workouts 3 times per week for 45 mins. The patient reports of eating vegetables and fruits 2-3 times per week.
All the three cases mentioned above were totally different in age, sex and their geographical native places. However, one thing was pretty common in them and that is their eating habits. All three of them loved eating meat which consists of pork and beef. However, all three of them deny eating chicken and turkey. So what we could see is pork and beef are the main culprits here which might target the increase in the hypertension in all three of them.
WebMD article states that red meat is hazardous to health. Red meat (pork and beef) contains carcinogen which is the main key factor causing cancer. Also red meat contains lots of fats and lipids. If your body activity involves heavy labor and hard exercises red meat is still favorable because you are going to work out anyways. But one should remember that red meat contains high amount of lipid contents and so real workouts is needed to burn those calories. On the contrary chicken and turkey contains lots of proteins which is actually good for health. Protein is need for the wear and tear process going inside the body and so they are building blocks of human health.
So we can conclude here that red meat is the main key factors which can cause hypertension and cancer. If you eat red meat, workouts and exercises are a must. One should not eat more red meat if you have a sedentary life style.
Thank you
Sweta Christian, PT
www.ArdentPT.com
www.PractisingPT.com
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