Hello,

It's been a few months for me now in learning and trying to apply the 
PaleoDiet. I started with PaleoDiet Book by Cordain and have also read Good 
Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. I'm also reading the "Fat Of The Land" 
by Stefansson

Both made pretty good sense to me (but then again, doesn't any new diet 
such as the Zone,Atkins,South Beach,etc... make sense to a layman?) 

I have grown up believing in the low saturated fats, more fruits and veggies, 
less red meat philosophy and I was big into tofu, whole wheat bread, pasta 
making, etc...
My wife follows this philosophy and is not that interested in the low or zero 
carb way. She believes in the "balanced" way of eating. Also, she wants us to 
keep kosher at home so it's kind of expensive to eat a lot of meat and fish and 
it is kind of limiting in choice (no kosher bison,etc...) 

We also subscribe to the "Nutrition Action" newsletter that we receive here in 
Canada. It's published by the "Centre for Science in the Public Interest"

We just received the latest issue and was wondering if any had read or would 
like to comment on it. 

Front Page "The Real Cost of Red Meat". 

I guess the big news in this edition is the results of the U.S. NIH-AARP Health 
Study who sent questionnaires about diet and lifestyle to 3.5 million members 
of AARP. It shows that high-end eaters of meat (2,000 calories a day eating 
125 grams of red meat) had roughly a 30% higher risk of dying over 10 years 
than those who ate the least red meat. 

One quote : "When it comes to red and processed meats, the evidence has 
always been strongest for colorectal cancer" says Arthur Schatzkin, chief of 
the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics at the 
U.S. National Cancer Institute in Besthesda, Maryland.

Anyways, they talk about N-nitrosa compunds, meat heme,Cooked meat 
mutagens and the relationship between meat and different cancers 
(Prostate,Pancreas,Breast) as well as Diabetes.

Besides the health issues they talk about the environmental costs of 
meat "Global Heat and Meat" and the memo from the editor, MIchael Jacobson, 
talks about "Livestock's Long Shadow". 

There are about 14 references to articles 
from "Arch.Intern.Med","Carcinogenesis", and other publications. 

Their "The Bottom Line":

. Cut back on red and processed meats. Aim for about one serving a week
. Replace red meat with poultry, fish,beans,nuts, and soy-based veggies meats
. Look for deli meats that are nitrite free

They really don't really address "raw meat", since I guess most people aren't 
into that and do discuss processed meats and how to cook meat to avoid 
HCAs and PAHs but do mention the heme in red meat as a problem.

Now, with this publication, it's pretty hard to convince my wife on the merits 
of the Paleo/low/zero carb diet. 

I'm beginning to believe it's best to be safe to mostly eat fish (and to learn 
how to cook cheap fish heads ;))

Comments?

Mike