Red Meat, Gut Bacteria and Heart Disease

I just read an article on "Red Meat, Gut Bacteria and Heart Disease". Not good news for red meat lovers. I know that for every study done there is another study to counter it. But some of this stuff is just good old common sense.

The article states that if you eat red meat your chances of cardiovascular disease are much greater. Beyond the obvious high saturated fat levels in red meat, micro organisms are deposited into the gut that greatly increase the risk of all disease.

The good news is that plant foods contain beneficial microbes that produce vitamins and protect us against the bad microbes from the meat and promote healthy immune function. What we eat determines which species of bacteria thrive in our digestive tract. Healthful, fiber-rich plant foods provide an energy source (prebiotics) for beneficial bacteria to grow.

We get to chose which bacteria are growing in our guts.....it starts with what you are putting in your mouth.

It is an interesting article that goes into much more detail: http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/cardiovascular-disease-red-meat-gut-bacteria-and-heart-disease.html