Heart Matters: Abstain From Too Much Red Meat

Excessive consumption of red meat may actually drive up the risk of heart failure by 24 percent, finds a new American study. The study, the first of its kind to investigate the connection between red meat consumption and cardiac failure, comes as bad publicity for the meat industry, which is already reeling under negative attention from previous studies that confirm the link between the consumption of red meat and certain cancers. A possible cause for the adverse impact of red meat on cardiac health could be the presence of saturated fat and cholesterol content, which can increase the risks of hypertension and coronary heart disease. Although further confirmatory research is necessary to substantiate the claim, the study provides sufficient ground for those carnally inclined to consider other options. Not all of life's pleasures come without a cost; and where your heart is on the line, it pays to reduce your intake of red meat. Awareness of a certain risk is only half the story, the other half is definitive action to address the risk. The choice is yours as it always will be...

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