Wow! Then I must stop consuming it immediately. Or maybe I should ask first about that little weaseling word "excessive"?
"Excessive" is indeed not a precise term. Current recommendations state that about 70g or 2 1/2 ounces of meat will supply all your protein requirements. Of course, you can get the same protein amount also from eating beans, tofu or some other vegetables. Typical American eats on average 12 ounces of meat. And in that amount, without any extra charge, he gets also a few milligrams of steroids, antibiotics, artificial coloring, fats, and some other unnatural components.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/13/too-much-protein-diets-_n_1772987.htmlAll this bad stuff effects people in different ways, and the choice of diet is not the only factor influencing your health and longevity. There are many meat eaters who live longer than some vegetarians. Perhaps the most famous example of this was Steve Jobs, who's been a vegan most of his life. Unfortunately, many vegans and vegetarians replace meat with fats, sugars, and other unhealthy things which may indeed be less healthy than occassional organic meat.
Why did Steve Jobs die?Another example on the other end of the spectrum is Helmut Schmidt, the ex-chancellor of Germany who smoked 60 cigarettes a day, and led a healthy life until he died in 2013 at the age of 96. Perhaps the tobacco industry should have used his example as a best evidence of smoking as a requirement for a long life. Maybe the problem with most deaths from smoking was that those poor bastards didn't smoke enough.
On the other hand, there is Bill Clinton, who after a quadruple bypass went totally vegan and he seems to be doing just fine. His personal doctors and advisors are Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn and Dr. Dean Ornish, whom I listed in the previous post. “It changed my life,” he said. "I might not be around if I hadn’t become a vegan. It’s great."
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/270806-bill-clinton-going-vegan-has-kept-me-alive This crap changes practically like the weather. First eggs were healthy, then it was proven -- settled science -- they were deadly, then it was discovered -- settled science -- they were healthy again. Fat was deadly -- settled science, then it was healthy -- settled science. This kind of horse hockey goes on and on and it's always "scientific." Eventually life ends. Get used to it.
Indeed, this crap changes constantly. Not only with time, but also depending whose books you read. There are enough charlatans who are peddling their latest snake oils and diet inventions. One of the most infamous examples was Dr. Atkins, an overweight physician with his high-protein and low-carb diet who had a history of heart problems and died in 2003. His diet empire which at one time employed 87 people, went into bankruptcy a short time after.
Fortunately, there is more solid information on the subject available now than ever before. There are many serious publications and scientific research studies which supply reliable data and clear conclusions about negative effects of animal protein consumption.
I am not going to get into pissing contests and try to convince individuals who have their strong opinions on this subject. Enjoy what you are doing and eating!
For the people who have open mind and want to do something about their health, I supplied several references in my previous posts that point to a wealth of useful information, either in the form of books or as free online videos.
