UK health agency: limit red and processed meats to 3 ounces a day

[marmar]

from Food Politics:



Feb 25 2011
UK health agency: limit red and processed meats to 3 ounces a day


The UK Department of Health issued a warning today to eat less red and processed meat.

* Red meat means beef, lamb and pork as well as minced meat and offal from these animals.
* Processed meat means ham, bacon, luncheon meat, corned beef, salami, pâté, sausages and burgers.

The warning is based on a new report from the independent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). Its report evaluated the effects of iron on health. Because red meat is a primary source of dietary iron, the committee looked at evidence on the links between red meat and processed meats and bowel cancer.

The report concludes that the link “probably” exists and that:

Adults with relatively high intakes of red and processed meat (around 90 g/day or more) should consider reducing their intakes. A reduction to the UK population average for adult consumers (70 g/day cooked weight) would have little impact on the proportion of the adult population with low iron intakes.

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The complete piece is at: http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/02/uk-health-agency-limit-red-and-processed-meats-to-3-ounces-a-day/

[Mojorabbit]

1. It will have to happen anyway

if the population continues to increase. As I get older I eat smaller portions naturally. I wonder if the study was broken out into age groups. Teens need more fuel than geezers like me.

[Obamanaut]

2. Smaller portions of most every food product would do wonders for

the weight problem in the US, and especially for those of us who are aging.

Dinner plates are larger now than they were many years ago, and most people tend to want to fill them up. We use salad plates at home, and it seems to work nicely for us.