{"id":13990,"date":"2020-09-10T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=13990"},"modified":"2020-09-10T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:34:17","slug":"problems-with-red-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/problems-with-red-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems With Red Meat \u2014And Diets That Rely On It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the problems with red meat in your diet? Can you eat a lot of it if you exercise enough? Is it better than other types of protein?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn about the problems with red meat and relying heavily on animal protein. The problems with red meat may be offset with regular fasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eating lots of animal protein doesn\u2019t help you live a long, healthy life. <\/strong>However, most popular health information<\/a> encourages protein\u2014some diets even put it center stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Problem With Red Meat: It Ages You <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) are a key indicator of longevity\u2014the lower your levels, the longer and healthier your life will be. Studies show that low IGF-1 levels correlate with low-sugar diets that include little animal protein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you have lots of food or your body thinks it\u2019s summer (e.g. because of exposure to blue light), a receptor in your body called mammalian target of rapamycin (TOR) senses that energy is available and activates IGF-1 to prompt cellular growth; eating a lot of animal protein correlates with high IGF-1 levels. But if your TOR senses that there isn\u2019t much energy\u2014during winter, or when you\u2019re eating little food\u2014it reduces cellular activity, slowing the rate of aging in the process. In other words, your food choices control how quickly your body ages.<\/strong>\u00a0This is one of the problems with red meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fasting<\/strong> to Help Your Body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Our ancestors fasted regularly, not by choice but because food wasn\u2019t always available. Our bodies are designed to adapt to varying food availability; when glucose from carbs and protein isn\u2019t available, your body can get energy by burning ketones, a special kind of fat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you choose, Phase 3 encourages trying different forms of fasting to cleanse your gut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n