"Work at CSIRO has shown that lean red meat (which has had the outer fat removed) is effective in lowering cholesterol....It appears possible that lean red meat could diminish the susceptibility of humans to sudden cardiac death."

and

"The type of iron in beef (haem iron) is more easily absorbed and used by the body than iron in plant food (nonhaem iron). This makes beef a great choice for children. Numerous studies show that even a mild deficiency in iron can affect a child's learning ability, while boosting intake improves behaviour, concentration, mental sharpness and cognitive development."

and,

 "I always feel like a million bucks after a juicy rib eye fillet and fine bottle of Merlot!!"

"The ultimate result of shielding men from folly is to fill the world with fools."

-Herbert Spencer 

I downloaded the World Cancer Research Fund International report published last year titled "Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective".

Given how much research has been done on the link between diet and cancer, I was surprised at how seldom the Panel judged the evidence that particular foods cause particular cancers to be "convincing" rather than attesting to a merely "probable" relationship. Here's the list.

• Aflatoxins (liver cancer)
• Red meat (colorectal cancer)
• Processed meat (colorectal cancer)
• Arsenic in drinking water (lung cancer)
• Alcohol (mouth, pharyngeal, laryngeal, oesophageal, colorectal and breast cancer)
• Beta-carotene supplements (lung cancer)

Now, before you go calling this report's authors publicly-funded fascists delivering the verdict they know will get them more government or UN study grants... oh... wait...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/griddledvenisonsteak_70453.shtml

That's pretty damn close to the one I have scribbled down somewhere. I think I got it originally from a Gordon Ramsay show (his actual cooking show not the reality TV series). I use the "Whittakers 82%" cocoa dark chocolate. Maybe swap out the red onions for shallots if you fancy.

"I have a recipe somewhere for venison that I often adapt for a good steak. Basically it is a red wine, chili and dark chocolate sauce. Healthy eating at its finest"

Chili and chocolate is an amazing combination -your recipe sounds absolutely fantastic. Would you consider posting it? Please?

Four smileys funny, Lancey!!

Oh for goodness sake ....get your hands off your c**ks! ..pop some red wine into the meat dishes and...ENJOY! ..gosh!...(what is the matter with you Wellington people?!?!?!)

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I'd rather debate Islamic theology with Rick Giles

hahahahahaha 

I'd rather debate Islamic theology with Rick Giles

I believe you are.

Well you're wrong.

The article you link to doesn't mention the health benefits of eating red meat.

So? They are known.

Because there are none.

Yes there are.

They're Made Out of Meat

Goode, clearly hallucinatory from protein deficiency, suggests red meat gives you colon cancer. My broadcasting colleague Lloyd Scott got colon cancer, and he's a lifelong vegetarian. Another vegetarian broadcaster, Relda Familton, died of breast cancer, as did vegetarian celeb Linda McCartney. Those bloody vegetables get you from every angle.

Other health hazards of vegetable-eating include Saddamy, pomowankery and a tendency to confuse loud noise with music. Not forgetting anal-retentiveness, a precursor to bowel cancer.

If you insult my beloved meat once more I will have to resort to violence...possibly cannibalism.

Dr Goode is suggesting that I am misrepresenting the findings of the study. I don't believe I am.

I believe you are. The article you link to doesn't mention the health benefits of eating red meat. Because there are none.

eating red meat by itself has a number of health benefits

Like colon cancer?

... and probably a vegetarian too.

I think, though it is a tad cryptic, Dr Goode is suggesting that I am misrepresenting the findings of the study. I don't believe I am.

Sure red meat has some downsides, but it does not change that eating red meat by itself has a number of health benefits, or that drinking red wine by itself has a number of health benefits. When the two are combined, the red wine cancels out some of the harmful substances in red meat. So the health benefit of consuming the two together is greater than eating them separately.

A Mexican recipe by chance? I seem to remember similar concoctions in the film "Like Water for Chocolate".

Research on rats using red wine with red meat has shown the drink cancels out some of the harmful substances produced by the meat.

[Research on Objectivists has shown] red wine is good for you, red meat is good for you... [and] a combination [of] red wine and red meat has a health benefit greater than the sum of its parts.

I have a recipe somewhere for venison that I often adapt for a good steak. Basically it is a red wine, chili and dark chocolate sauce. Healthy eating at its finest.

And with your favourite red vino, fucking good for you too!

Here are some more mouthwatering red meaty moments...

Beef Wellington:

Rack of Lamb:

And Beef Fillet:

I always feel a million bucks after a juicy rib eye fillet and fine bottle of merlot!!

In celebration of this wonderful news, a reprise:

I LOVE animals - they taste delicious
I LOVE red wines - they taste delicious

"Who is John Galt?"