Study says meat eaters more likely to be obese than vegetarians

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* Study says meat eaters more likely to be obese than vegetarians * Posted

on : 2005-06-27 | Author : Mike Burns

News Category : Health** **

 

A new study published in the June issue of the American Journal of

Clinical Nutrition says that women who are vegetarians are less likely to be

obese than those who eat meat.

 

These findings mean that replacing meat products in the diet with vegetables

could actually help in controlling weight. The study which was conducted on

more than 55,000 Swedish women found that those who identified themselves as

vegetarian weighed less than their meat-eating counterparts.

 

The study included those who consumed dairy products (lactovegetarians), and

" semivegetarians, " who said they sometimes ate fish or eggs; in the vegan

group. It found that vegetarians were two-thirds less likely than meat

eaters to be obese. P. Kirstin Newby, a researcher at Tufts University in

Boston, said that though this was not a weight loss study, it would

definitely help in planning a weight controlling diet.

 

The study quizzed 55,459 healthy middle-aged and older women about their

eating habits, weight and other health and lifestyle factors. Vegetarians

were found to have the lowest average body mass index (BMI). Additionally,

40 per cent of meat-eaters were found to be obese, while only 25 percent of

the vegetarians were overweight.

 

Researchers say that the study is a significant pointer to the fact that not

all carbohydrates are equal. A fiber-rich diet is generally advocated as a

healthy one, " Plant foods are generally high-carb, but they also contain a

lot of fiber -- which helps you to feel full -- and they also have other

nutrients that are important to overall health, " Newby commented. She added

that it was important to note that eating a plant-based diet could help in

fighting cancer and heart disease.

 

She also emphasized that meat eaters should limit saturated fat by choosing

lean cuts of meat and low-fat dairy products.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/3342.html#

 

 

 

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Yep Ive been reading a lot about that study lately. I think another

aspect to consider is that vegetarians/vegans/etc, along with paying

attention to plant-based foods also tend to pay more attention to

where their food comes from-more organic, more bio, more natural

ingredients, etc. Anyone else agree or have anything to add?

 

, subprong <subprong@g...>

wrote:

> * Study says meat eaters more likely to be obese than vegetarians

* Posted

> on : 2005-06-27 | Author : Mike Burns

> News Category : Health** **

>

> A new study published in the June issue of the American Journal

of

> Clinical Nutrition says that women who are vegetarians are less

likely to be

> obese than those who eat meat.

>

> These findings mean that replacing meat products in the diet with

vegetables

> could actually help in controlling weight. The study which was

conducted on

> more than 55,000 Swedish women found that those who identified

themselves as

> vegetarian weighed less than their meat-eating counterparts.

>

> The study included those who consumed dairy products

(lactovegetarians), and

> " semivegetarians, " who said they sometimes ate fish or eggs; in

the vegan

> group. It found that vegetarians were two-thirds less likely than

meat

> eaters to be obese. P. Kirstin Newby, a researcher at Tufts

University in

> Boston, said that though this was not a weight loss study, it

would

> definitely help in planning a weight controlling diet.

>

> The study quizzed 55,459 healthy middle-aged and older women about

their

> eating habits, weight and other health and lifestyle factors.

Vegetarians

> were found to have the lowest average body mass index (BMI).

Additionally,

> 40 per cent of meat-eaters were found to be obese, while only 25

percent of

> the vegetarians were overweight.

>

> Researchers say that the study is a significant pointer to the

fact that not

> all carbohydrates are equal. A fiber-rich diet is generally

advocated as a

> healthy one, " Plant foods are generally high-carb, but they also

contain a

> lot of fiber -- which helps you to feel full -- and they also have

other

> nutrients that are important to overall health, " Newby commented.

She added

> that it was important to note that eating a plant-based diet could

help in

> fighting cancer and heart disease.

>

> She also emphasized that meat eaters should limit saturated fat by

choosing

> lean cuts of meat and low-fat dairy products.

> http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/3342.html#

>

>

>

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Having the money to have the luxury of thinking about

organic foods would lead to better health in general.

It's the rich women who are thin, not the poor ones,

unless we're talking Africa.

 

Laura-Marie

 

--- budgiegirl2003 <budgiegirl2003 wrote:

> Yep Ive been reading a lot about that study lately.

> I think another

> aspect to consider is that vegetarians/vegans/etc,

> along with paying

> attention to plant-based foods also tend to pay more

> attention to

> where their food comes from-more organic, more bio,

> more natural

> ingredients, etc. Anyone else agree or have anything

> to add?

 

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Eight dollars for an organic eggplant at my co-op!

Gee! I decided I don't need eggplant dip that bad!

 

Yes, meat is super-expesive, espcially organic meat.

It seems like the more healthful the cut, the more

expensive it is--I remember back when I bought ground

turkey, the lower fat ground turkey was way more than

the regular fat. And then ground beef was much

cheeper still.

 

There are always exceptions to the rule, but those

thin white women in spandex at the gym have something

that the fat Mexican women at the bus stop don't have,

and that's money!

 

Laura-Marie

 

--- GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

 

> Kirstie Alley and Elizabeth Taylor sure aren't then,

> yet very rich.................I find organic

> vegetables and cooking vegetarian meals is far less

> expensive then buying meat, poultry and seafood.

>

> Taylor <veralinnyumsweet wrote:Having the

> money to have the luxury of thinking about

> organic foods would lead to better health in

> general.

> It's the rich women who are thin, not the poor ones,

> unless we're talking Africa.

>

> Laura-Marie

>

> --- budgiegirl2003 <budgiegirl2003 wrote:

> > Yep Ive been reading a lot about that study

> lately.

> > I think another

> > aspect to consider is that vegetarians/vegans/etc,

> > along with paying

> > attention to plant-based foods also tend to pay

> more

> > attention to

> > where their food comes from-more organic, more

> bio,

> > more natural

> > ingredients, etc. Anyone else agree or have

> anything

> > to add?

>

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> essential to any depth of meditation or of

> character.

> --John Stuart Mill

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Not to agrue but this is what I have noticed. My family is half white and half

hispanic and one culture eats different from the other as far as taste goes.

Has nothing to do with money, that's stereo-typing. You couldn't get the ones

using lard to stop even if the price exceeds olive oil. It's a taste

preference. My brother-in-law is near a millionaire hispanic and he will only

stop at taco trucks and fill up even though his cholestrol is high, his brother

is just the opposite, he watches everything he eats. It's just personal

preference I think........

I work with many Mexican woman that eat sweetbread at 8am and a full meal off

the lunch truck at 10am break and it's expensive and very greasy and then they

come back with a Jack in the Box meal at 12 noon. I think some of them much

spend $10 a day just by 12 noon. I see the white women doing the same thing

just ordering different foods but still greasy things from the truck or fast

food. They all go on crash diets for 2-3 weeks and then back to the same cycle.

I would say 7-8 of the women have started to smoke thinking that will make them

drop pounds fast.

Now Danny De Vito and Ebert the movie critic are vegetarians and those clothes

aren't falling off them.......LOL Queen Latifah, Patti Labelle, and Star Jones

are big women and happy in their bodies. They could buy the whole market

change.I think some people just cook certain ways. I worked with 2 girls from

Scotland and they fried every single thing they cooked, even left over pizza

when in the deep fryer. I can't imagine how that would taste, gets me the

shivers. I agree that $8.00 for an eggplant is outrageous How much was it per

pound? That would be a luxury at that price. Sometimes I buy organic yellow

squash and it's brown around the inside of the circle. I wonder what causes

that, it even tastes bitter. You would think being organic it would taste

better. I have bought many organic potatoes that are green under the skin and

that is supposed to be bad for you. have you ever noticed

that?..............Donna

 

Taylor <veralinnyumsweet wrote:

There are always exceptions to the rule, but those

thin white women in spandex at the gym have something

that the fat Mexican women at the bus stop don't have,

and that's money!

 

Laura-Marie

 

--- GeminiDragon <thelilacflower wrote:

 

> Kirstie Alley and Elizabeth Taylor sure aren't then,

> yet very rich.................I find organic

> vegetables and cooking vegetarian meals is far less

> expensive then buying meat, poultry and seafood.

>

> Taylor <veralinnyumsweet wrote:Having the

> money to have the luxury of thinking about

> organic foods would lead to better health in

> general.

> It's the rich women who are thin, not the poor ones,

> unless we're talking Africa.

>

> Laura-Marie

>

> --- budgiegirl2003 <budgiegirl2003 wrote:

> > Yep Ive been reading a lot about that study

> lately.

> > I think another

> > aspect to consider is that vegetarians/vegans/etc,

> > along with paying

> > attention to plant-based foods also tend to pay

> more

> > attention to

> > where their food comes from-more organic, more

> bio,

> > more natural

> > ingredients, etc. Anyone else agree or have

> anything

> > to add?

>

> -----

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> essential to any depth of meditation or of

> character.

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At 07:15 PM 6/27/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>Having the money to have the luxury of thinking about

>organic foods would lead to better health in general.

 

Also, I think wealth helps people buy tastier healthy food. At a small-town

cheap grocery store, your produce selection that's inexpensive is likely

simply carrots, cabbage, lettuce, celery, red radishes, bell peppers,

onions, and maybe a few other things. The cheap frozen veggies are pretty

boring by themselves. And cheap fruits tend to be apples, oranges, bananas,

with the occasional sale on others...then there are beans, flour, cornmeal,

stuff like that, but having been a broke veg in the past, it can be pretty

boring. I'm not saying boredom is an excuse to go kill an animal, but I can

see why it's harder to eat healthy.

 

It's cheap to make food out of garbage. Think byproducts, cornsyrup, lard,

etc. It's what little debbies and such (dirt cheap) are made out of. These

cheap products are cheap because they are made out of the stuff they

couldn't use to make *real* food. Think about cheap canned soup made out of

cow tumors (yep. Legal last I heard!), chips made out of corn not good

enough for sale as cornmeal for baking or as ears, canned, or frozen corn,

pork rinds (fried footballs, when you think about it). Gelatin...all kinds

of stuff...cheap because well, it's made out of the trash left over after

producing real food.

 

With money you can afford to eat the things that are healthy and delicious.

Raspberries in most places are rarely cheap, blueberries are cheaper in

season, but still pricey. Oyster mushrooms? Olive oil? Asparagus? Olives?

All kinds of things that perk up a healthy meal are kinda pricey. And it's

something I don't mind paying for, personally, but when I was broke...well

I ate a lot of plain lentils with salt on them. Not exactly tasty nor a

great company dish. I'm hard headed about being vegan, but not everyone

is going to want to do that, even if they really do want to be veg.

 

Also, most of the yummy veg things either require that you have some sort

of cooking skill or pay out the nose for it. It's totally worth it, in my

opinion, but I think it's just something that supply and demand will

eventually have to help with. Hopefully the more healthy items people

demand, the more that will be supplied and with more suppliers the price

goes down. It's happened already with a lot of things that used to be

specialty foods that are now pretty ubiquitous.

 

I've been considering another cook book now that my dog cook book has been

released. I want to call it " Cheap and Easy Vegan " and put my pic on the

front cooking in my best hoochie gear. Inside would be lots of recipes

that are inexpensive, vegan, reasonably healthy and taste good. I think it

could be useful to a lot of people. Hmm...

 

Veronica

 

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" Cheap and Easy Vegan " and put my pic on the

> front cooking in my best hoochie gear.

 

 

Veronica I'm laughing so hard the kids are wondering what is wrong

with me...and I'm thinking, a cookbook even my dh might take a moment

to look at:)