[quote name='von551']i've given up red meat and dairy altogether and lost 15 pounds in a month with other proper diet too. turkey and chicken are my two best friends now.
Beef facts for those that think they can't give it up:
does anyone realize farm cows are kept alive through hormones and antibiotics to fight off atrophy from never moving? they're only killed right before they die of it. make sure you're eating/buying free range and organic beef. farm cows have 500% more saturated fat than free range and are injected with FDA-approved hormone IG1-F known to cause cancer in order to fatten them up and make more milk. free range cows get exercise and can't be injected with hormones, so less fat and less profitable for farmers. eat white meats like chicken and turkey more often, they're healthier. Pork is the worst meat you can eat, they eat filth and have a very short digestion tract, so their body absorbs bacteria their stomach can't. then, we ingest their meat. why do you think pork goes bad so quickly? there was a woman that went to the doctor and he found a tumor in her brain. when they operated, they found it wasn't a tumor, but a parasitic worm. She ingested it through a piece of pork and it was living off of her. pigs are very unclean and unsafe to consume as any bottom feeder is (shrimp, catfish, lobster, etc.)
Milk facts for those of you not able to give up milk/cheese/ice cream, etc.:
dairy is one of the worst things to eat. do you realize milk contains 59 active hormones, along with measureable amounts of blood, puss, feces, herbicides, antibiotics, viruses, etc? we are the only mammal that drinks milk past the nursing age, and ANOTHER mammal's milk at that! what about the calcium though? funny thing is the calcium in cow's milk can't be absorbed by our bodies because it's too course, isn't this the only good thing claimed about milk? calcium in cow's milk comes from the grass they eat. why don't we get our calcium from greens? seaweed contains more calcuim than milk, more iron than beef and more protein than eggs. calcium's also tied up with casein, a main ingredient for glue and in processed foods to hold their shape. such foods as special k, canned tuna, weight watchers smart ones all use casein. casien forms a thick mass in the stomach that is hard to digest, preventing the absorbtion of nutrients we need. Ear infections in children are now scientifically 100% attributed to milk consumption, nothing else. 20% of cows carry a leukemia virus that humans can catch. allergies, asthma and chronic sinusitis linked to milk. milk drinkers are six times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes and high blood pressure. 75% of world doesn't drink milk. what about cheese and ice cream? it only gets worse: cheese is 10 times more dense and ice cream 12 times and butter 21 times more dense than milk, thus multiplying all those harmful factors that much more.
so now you're probably not wanting to eat dairy, what do you do? sesame seeds, seaweed, lentils, beans, nuts, leafy greens, figs, dates and prunes are all the BEST sources of calcium. also, eat products made from sheeps and goats milk. their milk is made up differently than a cow's and can be absorbed and processed by our bodies properly. only products from COW'S milk are dairy. feta cheese is a mix of goat's and sheep's milk. I love goat cheese. it tastes like cream cheese, which i've always loved. I'll make goat cheese pizzas, put it in salads, etc. i use soymilk for cereal now.[/QUOTE]
That article on Dairy is a bunch of shit. Casein is a fantastic source of protein. It gels in the stomach which slows its digestion, this is true, but that makes it a slow acting protein. Perfect for long periods when you can't eat. Let's not forget Whey, which is even more biologically available than even egg albumen. Both of which are COMPLETE proteins and have high levels of Branch Chained Amino acids. I have a low bodyfat, a measured LDL (recently) value of 87, my blood pressure is fine, I have no heart/kidney/lung issues, a low resting heart rate, and I take in over 300 grams of protein a day which is about 50% from dairy sources (I don't count eggs, otherwise it'd be about 60%).
Full milk products ARE loaded with saturated fat, this is true, but if you're not a lazy

-all it's not a problem. Saturated fat is a risk, but it's also necessary for males as it works in a synergistic fashion with dietary cholesterol to aid in testosterone production. that's another issue I have with this crap. The whole "EGGS ARE BAD THEY HAVE CHOLESTEROL" thing. I eat at least 4 dozen eggs a week, whole eggs, and once again my LDL levels are low and so are my triglycerides. I get blood work done every two months to keep up on it, so I know it's not a random fluctuation.
I don't mind people not eating dairy, but trying to scare people into not eating it is ridiculous. Did you know soy contains phytoestrogens that act like Estradiol in the human blood stream? There have been reports of guys getting gyno (bitch tits) from eating soy. And yet, it doesn't happen to most people. Why? Because it's an extreme case, and it's only to scare people into not eating it.