Do not think that eating meat is as dangerous as smoking ?

A diet rich in meat, eggs, milk or cheese could be as harmful as smoking, says a controversial study that investigated the impact of protein intake on life expectancy .
 
This study, based on a representative sample of 6381 people aged 50 and older , is published in the journal Cell Metabolism.People under 65 who consume a lot of animal protein have four times more likely to die of cancer or diabetes. The risk of developing any other disease double.The adverse effects of this regime disappear when ingested proteins are vegetable origin ( those found in legumes , for example) . Although in this case , the risk of getting cancer is still three times higher than for people with a diet low in protein.For the elderly , the opposite is true . A high protein diet reduces the risk of death from all causes by 28%, and those from cancer of 60% in over 65 years.
 
In the British newspaper The Guardian, one of the scientists who conducted this work recommends changing your diet: "People have to go on a diet or just 9 or 10% of their calories should be provided by proteins and ideally by vegetable proteins . [...] If we are wrong , it will not hurt anyone, but if we are right , it means that food in general is about as bad for our health as cigarette. "

Sausage yet kills
 But other experts , also quoted by the British newspaper , warn, yet there is no evidence that too much protein kills .Peter Emery , head of nutrition and dietetics at King's College London Department recommends not to jump to conclusions . Analyze the effects of diet on health seeking to isolate the impact of nutrients is difficult, he says ." The apparently negative effects of too much protein diet may be rather caused by factors related to lifestyle eating red meat, different from that of vegetarians. "Another nutritionist says it is bad , " even dangerous " in a study to compare the effects of smoking on health with those of meat and cheese. " . Publish this kind of study can affect the effectiveness of important public health messages Smokers think : ' Why bother to stop smoking if my ham and cheese sandwich is just as bad for me? "But remember a researcher at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health , smoking is bad for us , all the studies show . And what is still valid for the time being is that , eaten in moderation as part of a healthy diet , meat and cheese and bring them many important nutrients.