John Mayson wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, K wrote:
>
>> John Mayson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, K wrote:
>>>
>>> > John Mayson wrote:
>>> > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, K wrote:
>>> > > > > > Eating meat in moderate amounts won't harm your health,
>>> either. > > > Meat is an excellent source of protein, some minerals
>>> and other > > > nutrients.
>>> > > > > Protein that you just **** down the drain.
>>> > > False.
>>>
>>> No. True.
>>
>> No, false.
>
> Sigh... we're going to play this game, okay.
>
> http://femme-vitale.com/protein.htm
>
> "For Americans, the problem is normally too much protein."
>
>>> Americans eat far more protein than their bodies can use
>>
>> Prove it.
>
> The above is one of hundreds of hits I found using an Internet tool
> called "Google". You can find it he http://www.google.com
This deserves additional comment. The poster cites a rabid anti-meat
site to support his claim that Americans eat "far more" protein than
their bodies can use. But what does the site actually say? Well, it
/claims/ to be citing, although without any verifiable attribution, the
National Academy of Sciences as recommending "...that Americans reduce
their protein intake by 12-15% and switch from animal to plant protein
sources." For starters, if that really is the NAS recommendation, a
suggested reduction of 12-15% does not support the extravagant claim
that Americans eat "far more" protein than they need.
The site clearly is engaging in scare-mongering. They write that
"humans who consume more than half their calories as meat are at risk
for fatal protein poisoning", but how many people actually do that? The
alleged NAS recommendation that Americans on *average* reduce their
protein intake by 12-15% would not seem to suggest the percentage of
people at risk for "fatal protein poisoning" is very high.
But does the NAS really suggest that at all? And do they really suggest
that people switch, presumably entirely, from animal to plant sources of
protein? The extremist site does not offer any support for the claim
that NAS said any of this. There are no links to any NAS publications
or web sites. All we have is an unsupported allegation.