Today in sadness: cut out carbs and red meat'll still kill you

In a recent study in The Lancet as well as in prior work, including this 2010 analysis, researchers have found that people who eat few carbs and rely on plant matter for their fat and protein intakethink beans and nutstend to be healthy, long-living specimens, relatively speaking. Those who eat few carbs and rely on animal proteins and fats, especially red meat, are the only low-carb dieters who seem to suffer for it. They tend to be less healthy in terms of cancer and cardiovascular disease, which are often the primary outcomes measured in these kinds of studies, and as a result they live shorter lives. This makes senseplant protein is better for you than many animal proteins because plants contain less saturated fat, which can drive heart disease, and often have more fiber and nutrients.

What's more, I can't remember a single freaking week, ever, where someone wasn't quoting a study saying that what was once considered good for us is now a deadly poison. Remember coconut oil? It was a super food! Now, according to the Guardian, it'll shiv you if you look at it sideways. One drink a day was supposed to be healthy. Last week, we discovered that no amount of booze is good for you. The list, and I'm sure you've got a number of bits and pieces to contribute to it, goes on and on. Eat what you want folks: along the way, your diet will betray you and be redeemed a dozen times. In the end, we're all going to die sooner or later. You might as well nosh what feels right. Image by Starstone at Lithuanian Wikipedia - Transferred from lt.wikipedia to Commons by Hugo.arg using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, Link