I might as well make this thread my first post and sorta alienate myself right off the bat...

This story is only a half-truth. processed meat is bad for you, i.e. luncheon meats that are ground up and pumped into some arbitrary form or meats that are preserved with enough chemicals to level a village are of course not healthy. Meat from animals that are factory farmed and force fed a completely unnatural diet and a ton of medicines to offset said diet are also terrible for you.

But here's the good news. Fat, cholesterol, and meat are good for you. So start eating uncured, grass-fed bacon; truly free range chicken eggs;and my favorite, a huge juicy ribeye steak. Make green, leafy veggies and other non-starchy veggies a large portion of your diet as well. If you're going to eat fruit, try to limit it to berries if you're trying to lose weight. Berries affect your blood sugar and insulin response the least. Just go easy on the white potatoes, bread, pasta, other processed carbs and/or sugar.

I've spent quite a while reading up on health and diets lately and that is the underlying message I've seen from what I've read. Cholesterol and fat are absolutely essential to the bodies(ESPECIALLY THE BRAIN)proper function. They are also the building blocks, basically, of all the hormones in the body.

Two incredible books I've read so far are:

The Great Cholesterol Myth by Jonny Bowden
The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz

There are plenty more on my list but those are a great primer on the subject