Re: More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It
From: James Michael Howard (jmhoward_at_anthropogeny.com)
Date: 02/25/05
- Next message: Al On Wheelz: "Re: saturn"
- Previous message: Rich Travsky: "More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- In reply to: Rich Travsky: "More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Next in thread: Rich Travsky: "Re: More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Reply: Rich Travsky: "Re: More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:48:24 GMT
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:41:34 -0700, Rich Travsky
<traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote:
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050221/full/050221-5.html
>
> Meat is a vital part of a child's diet, according to a two-year
> study of Kenyan schoolkids. Without it, children grow up smaller,
> less strong and less intelligent, the results suggest.
> ...
> The 544 children in the study, who had an average age of seven
> years, were given two spoonfuls (about 60 grams) of minced beef
> each day to supplement their ordinary diet. Other groups were
> given a cup of milk, an equivalent amount of energy as vegetable
> oil, or no supplement at all.
>
> Over two years, kids given food supplements gained an average of
> 400 grams more than those without, Allen told the annual meeting
> of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in
> Washington DC on 20 February. Those given meat showed the biggest
> benefits.
>
> Children in the meat-supplemented group showed up to an 80% greater
> increase in upper-arm muscle compared with the non-supplemented
> children; for milk drinkers, this figure was 40%1.
>
> Kids who were fed meat also outperformed their peers in tests of
> intelligence, problem solving and arithmetic. "The group that
> received the meat supplements were more active in the playground,
> more talkative and playful, and showed more leadership skills,"
> Allen said.
> ...
> Luci Daniels, a paediatric dietitian and former chairwoman of the
> British Dietetic Association, says, "It's unsurprising that adding
> meat to a child's diet improves their development." Daniels says
> that the effect seen by Allen may be caused by the protein content
> of the meat, or the vitamins or minerals present.
> ...
>
>Evolutionarily speaking, somewhere along the line we became committed
>meateaters such that our diet needs it now. Other primates may like
>to eat meat, but SFAIK we're the only ones who would seem to require it.
for steroids
- Next message: Al On Wheelz: "Re: saturn"
- Previous message: Rich Travsky: "More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- In reply to: Rich Travsky: "More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Next in thread: Rich Travsky: "Re: More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Reply: Rich Travsky: "Re: More On Meat Eating - Growing Children Need It"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
|
