"U.S. and Italian researchers tracked thousands of adults during nearly two decades and found that those who ate a diet high in animal proteins during middle age were four times more likely to die of cancer than contemporaries with low-protein diets — a risk factor, if accurate, comparable to smoking. They also were several times more likely to die of diabetes, researchers said." In the study, researchers defined a “high-protein” diet as one in which at least 20 percent of calories came from protein; a “low-protein” diet was defined as less than 10 percent.

Roughly 5% of the US population are vegatarian which means they don't eat meat, poultry or seafood. In the past couple of years, I have been eating less beef, more chicken and fish. Although during the summer months, as I fire up my grill, I do eat more beef.

However, the study did say that if you're over 65 you should eat more protein. Guess I'll have to wait a bit to fire up my BBQ again ;)