Eat This and Live by Don Colbert

Author:Don Colbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9781599797731
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2014-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

WHY MEAT IS A “CAUTION” FOOD

GOD CREATED US TO be omnivores, meaning we are capable of eating both plants and animals. Scientific study of the human body proves that He designed us to be better suited for consuming more plant products than animal products. Here’s the evidence:

• Humans have twenty molars for grinding plant foods, eight incisors used for biting into fruits and vegetables, and only four small canine teeth designed for eating meat.

• The human intestinal tract is approximately four times longer than the average person’s height, whereas a carnivore’s intestinal tract is only about two to three times its body length. This longer intestinal tract in humans is evidence that we were designed to consume more plants as food.

• Our saliva is alkaline, which helps us digest carbohydrates or plant products, but a carnivore’s saliva is acidic.

• A carnivore’s stomach secretes as much as four times the amount of hydrochloric acid as an herbivore’s stomach.

• Carnivores have larger kidneys and livers to handle excessive organic waste from animal foods. Their livers secrete more bile to break down high-fat meats.

Nonhuman primates—monkeys, gorillas, and chimps—are omnivores, but only rarely do they ever consume small animals, eggs, and lizards. Only about 1 percent of their total calories comes from animal foods, whereas humans consume as much as 50 percent of their calories from animal foods.

The problem is that although humans are omnivores, many of us act like carnivores. We don’t understand the dangers of eating too much meat or the wrong meats. Here are the top three reasons to limit red meat in your diet.

1. Toxic fat

Red meat has a higher concentration of toxins than nearly all other foods. And any pesticide, sulfa drug, hormone, antibiotic, chemical, or other toxic residue an animal eats generally gets stored in its fat.

2. Excess protein

Eating too much protein congests your organs and cells. When you eat a 16-ounce steak or other meat, you load your body with excessive protein. Men only need 3–4 ounces of protein from meat with each meal; women need 2–3 ounces.

Excessive protein intake may put a strain on your kidneys. Therefore, individuals with kidney failure must restrict their intake of protein. Excessive protein also makes your tissues acidic, which sets the stage for arthritis, osteoporosis, and degeneration.

3. Irradiation

Irradiation is a process whereby many foods, from meats to grains to juices, are zapped with radiation equal to 10 to 70 million chest X-rays to kill or prevent microorganisms from growing.1 The FDA has allowed poultry to be irradiated since 1990 and red meat since 1997.2

Irradiation destroys up to 95 percent of vitamin A in chicken, 86 percent of vitamin B in oats, and 70 percent of vitamin C in fruit juices.3 It also reduces essential fatty acids, amino acids, friendly bacteria, and enzymes in food.4

Avoid foods marked with the Radura symbol—the international sign of irradiation—shown below. If no Radura symbol appears, watch for legally required warnings, such as “treated with irradiation.”

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