should be grilled, baked, or roasted, not fried, because the coating and frying of
these foods usually includes some kind of saturated fat or other processed
ingredients.
The most recent data suggest that red meats (particularly processed red meats,
like sausage and bacon) are associated with increased heart disease, stroke, and
cancer deaths. Poultry is not. One study found that a higher intake of red meat
was linked to a 22 percent increase in risk of breast cancer, while two other
studies found women who ate lots of vegetable protein (seeds, beans, and soy)
had a 30 percent lower risk of heart disease and 18 percent lower risk of type 2
diabetes. All of this illustrates how impor-tant it is to look at food holistically.
Just because something has protein doesn’t mean that it’s always perfect. You
have to examine other things that a food might contain, such as the kind of fat in
it or the way it’s processed.
OTHERS’ MILK
If you have trouble with dairy, it’s worth looking into different forms—
almond milk, hemp milk, sheep’s/goat’s milk, soy milk. They lack one of
the chemicals (a sugar molecule) that causes the digestive disagreement.The trouble with red meat comes from a compound found in it called L-
carnitine, which I mentioned above, that messes with your gut bacteria. (See