Kita sentiasa dinasihatkan supaya memasak daging dengan sempurna untuk membunuh bakteria yang menyebabkan keracunan makanan. Tetapi kajian terbaru menunjukkan memasak daging dengan sempurna sekalipun boleh menyebabkan kanser.
Selain itu, memakan daging juga boleh meninggikan kos perubatan seperti yang berlaku di Amerika Syarikat.
Menurut satu laporan dari sekumpulan doktor pada tahun 1995 dalam Preventive Medicine, rakyat Amerika membelanjakan antara US$28.6 bilion (sekarang kira-kira RM109 bilion) dan US$61.4 bilion (sekarang kira-kira RM233 bilion) setahun untuk membiayai rawatan perubatan bagi hipertensi, penyakit jantung, kanser dan kesakitan lain yang dikaitkan dengan pengambilan daging. (Laporan itu juga berkata, memakan daging tidak ubah seperti menghisap rokok dan ancaman kesihatan yang didedahkannya hampir sama jika anda memakannya secara berterusan sepanjang hayat".)
Berdasarkan semua bukti di atas, sebahagian daripada anda mungkin tidak lagi ingin memakan daging. Anda masih boleh mendapatkan sumber protein daripada sumber makanan lain seperti kacang dan produk berkacang, taufu, tempeh, kekacang, bijirin dan bijian.
Satu perkara lagi, kajian demi kajian mengesahkan golongan pemakan sayur lebih sihat daripada pemakan daging. Jadi kenapa anda tidak memulakannya sekarang?
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Traditional wisdom decrees that one should always cook meat throughly to kill any food poisoning bacteria that may be present. But this recent study has indicated that cooking meat thoroughly can lead to cancer.
Eating meat is thus a case of between the devil and the deep blue sea! Not only that, meat consumption can also result in high medical bills, as was the case in the US.
According to a 1995 report in Preventive Medicine by a doctors group, Americans spends between US$28.6 bil (now worth about RM109 bil) and US$61.4 bil (now worth about RM233 bil) a year in medical costs for treatment of hypertension, heart disease, cancer and other illness attributed to meat consumption. (The report also says that eating meat is comparable to smoking tobacco and the health threat is "of a similar magnitude when you keep it up over a lifetime".)
With all these evidence, some of you might want to avoid meat completely. If so, take heart. You can still get protein from other food sources like beans and bean products. tofu, tempeh, lentils, seeds and nuts.
And here's another consolation: Study after study have confirmed that vegetarians are healthier than meat-eaters. So, why not start today?
Selain itu, memakan daging juga boleh meninggikan kos perubatan seperti yang berlaku di Amerika Syarikat.
Menurut satu laporan dari sekumpulan doktor pada tahun 1995 dalam Preventive Medicine, rakyat Amerika membelanjakan antara US$28.6 bilion (sekarang kira-kira RM109 bilion) dan US$61.4 bilion (sekarang kira-kira RM233 bilion) setahun untuk membiayai rawatan perubatan bagi hipertensi, penyakit jantung, kanser dan kesakitan lain yang dikaitkan dengan pengambilan daging. (Laporan itu juga berkata, memakan daging tidak ubah seperti menghisap rokok dan ancaman kesihatan yang didedahkannya hampir sama jika anda memakannya secara berterusan sepanjang hayat".)
Berdasarkan semua bukti di atas, sebahagian daripada anda mungkin tidak lagi ingin memakan daging. Anda masih boleh mendapatkan sumber protein daripada sumber makanan lain seperti kacang dan produk berkacang, taufu, tempeh, kekacang, bijirin dan bijian.
Satu perkara lagi, kajian demi kajian mengesahkan golongan pemakan sayur lebih sihat daripada pemakan daging. Jadi kenapa anda tidak memulakannya sekarang?
____________________________________________________________________
Traditional wisdom decrees that one should always cook meat throughly to kill any food poisoning bacteria that may be present. But this recent study has indicated that cooking meat thoroughly can lead to cancer.
Eating meat is thus a case of between the devil and the deep blue sea! Not only that, meat consumption can also result in high medical bills, as was the case in the US.
According to a 1995 report in Preventive Medicine by a doctors group, Americans spends between US$28.6 bil (now worth about RM109 bil) and US$61.4 bil (now worth about RM233 bil) a year in medical costs for treatment of hypertension, heart disease, cancer and other illness attributed to meat consumption. (The report also says that eating meat is comparable to smoking tobacco and the health threat is "of a similar magnitude when you keep it up over a lifetime".)
With all these evidence, some of you might want to avoid meat completely. If so, take heart. You can still get protein from other food sources like beans and bean products. tofu, tempeh, lentils, seeds and nuts.
And here's another consolation: Study after study have confirmed that vegetarians are healthier than meat-eaters. So, why not start today?
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