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Is This What Slow Motion Eugenics Looks Like?
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Is This What Slow Motion Eugenics Looks Like?
Did you hear that in Copenhagen’s (Denmark) public care homes, dietary guidelines suggest a maximum of 500g of cooked meat per week, with no more than 85g of beef, veal or lamb per week.
As we age we need more protein, not less, to help maintain muscle mass, strength, mobility, immune function and independence. A common starting recommendation is around 1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight per day, with some experts recommending even more.
So here is the question that immediately came to mind:
If an elderly person weighs around 70kg (154 lbs) or more, these guidelines dont seem to provide enough high-quality protein to support healthy ageing?
Because once you start looking at sarcopenia, frailty, falls, loss of independence and declining health in older people, protein doesn’t seem like a nutrient we should be restricting.
And what will they replace it with?
Thanks to the highwire for this discussion.
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High quality protein can also come from poultry, eggs, fish, and dairy products. Other sources of protein include grains and vegetables although lower bioavailability. They are possibly limiting the listed meats as a way to control saturated fat intake. We can’t forget MOVEMENT has a significant impact on muscle mass, balance, and also immune system!
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I agree protein can come from other sources, but it seems one of the big drivers behind this kind of policy is climate, which makes me wonder whether dairy will be limited too.
My concern is this: when an institution takes away one of the easiest and most nutrient-dense ways to boost protein intake, especially for elderly people, they need cooks and diet planners who really understand nutrition.
It’s not enough to simply remove meat and hope the protein gap is filled. Elderly people need meals that are genuinely nourishing, easy to eat, easy to digest, and strong enough to help protect muscle, mobility and independence.
It will be interesting to watch how this unfolds.
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As a carnivore that gets ALL my dietary needs from beef, bacon, butter and eggs, that is definitely NOT enough.
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I share your point of view @shortstop , I really know some very healthy and strong vegans, but they are people that understand nutrition and not a cook in a care home that is working to a budget and I am sure cuts all the corners, I can see them using cheap carbs and manfactured foods to fill the gaps.
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Yes, a visit to any hospital, prison, school, military installation, nursing home, etc. during mealtime supports that theory. Our ‘nutritionists’ are killing us prematurely.
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A substack from Dr. Brooke Millar, a guide about Beef, and why it is the perfect food.
This guide tells the other story. The story of what beef actually contains, what it actually does in your body, and why a growing number of physicians — armed with the evidence that official guidelines ignored — are recommending it to patients with diabetes, obesity, inflammatory disease, depression, and a long list of other conditions that our current food system helped create.
Read it here : https://brookemillermd.substack.com/p/beef-natures-most-complete-food
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