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You are what you eat: Old food shortens lifespan in animals
Mice, flies and yeast fed on food from old organisms had a shorter lifespan than animals fed on young organisms, perhaps because of faster accumulation of cellular damage
www.newscientist.com
Luckily for us animals are generally slaughtered at a young age compared to their maximum lifespan.
Chickens seem to be slaughtered the earliest but they also have a shorter maximum lifespan compared to cows, sheep, and pigs.
pigs are too high in PUFA to be an optimal meat source.
So the contest of optimal meat for anti-aging is between Venison, beef, and lamb, and chicken.
I’m personally not a fan of chicken because they have a high percent PUFA (21.6% of fat content) but chicken breast is still somewhat low in PUFA per 100 grams (0.8 grams)
If chickens are killed at 47 days, and their maximum lifespan is 22 years, then that is 0.6% of their maximum lifespan, and so they are by far the least aged meat. However, most chickens live much less than the longest lived chicken. Apparently around 3-7 years, so i don’t know if that number can be trusted, or perhaps it’s an extreme outlier.
Venison is higher in percent PUFA than beef (3.2% vs 2.3%) but it’s also lower in PUFA per 100 g due to lower fat content (0.3g vs 0.7g/100g)
Lamb has a considerably higher percent PUFA (7.9% of total fat) and higher PUFA per 100 grams (1.9 grams)
If lambs are slaughtered when they are 7 months, and their maximum lifespan is 28 years, then that is 2.1% of their maximum lifespan.
If cows are slaughtered at 21 months, and their maximum lifespan is 48 years, they are slaughtered when they reached 3.6% maximum lifespan.
If deer are shot at 18 months, and their maximum lifespan is 24 years, then that is 6.3% of their maximum lifespan.
So chicken is the least aged but highest percent PUFA, lamb is also very young but highest in sheer PUFA, venison is the lowest sheer PUFA but most aged, and beef is intermediate in age and sheer PUFA, but lowest in percent PUFA.