When you receive the Seal you begin to notice what you eat and how it affects your health. A new study shows that red meat increases your risk of getting various kinds of cancer.

This was a large study--500, 000 people were followed for up to 8 years, both men and women. It classed people into groups based on how much red meat they ate in a week.

Those people who ate the most red meat were found to have a greater risk of getting cancer. And not just colon cancer. But they were also more at risk for lung cancer, liver cancer, and esophageal cancer.

It is not completely understood why red meat and also processed meat are linked to cancer, or how they increase the risk. There are a few theories about what it could be.

One theory is that people who eat a lot of red meat may also have some other risky habits or lack of habits, like smoking and lack of exercise. This could explain why red meat seems to be causing cancer when it is not really understood why.

This study confirms another large study--a European study of 500, 000 people. And plenty of studies show you should go easy on the red meat, replacing it with fruits and vegetables, healthy fats (like those found in fish) and enough fiber.

There are certain conditions which affect how much red meat is not good for you. What is the tipping point? It depends. For example, how you cook the meat determines how healthy or harmful it is for you.

If you grill meat over an open flame or charcoal, it is the most harmful for you. That produces the most cancer-causing elements of any kind of cooking. Pan-frying a regular hamburger (without burning it) is not nearly as bad for you.

Health professionals do not recommend you cut out red meat entirely but that you limit your consumption of it. Any more than 3 hamburgers a week are not good for you anymore, but if you are eating fast food, even 3 times a week is too much.

It is not known whether organic red meat is any less likely to cause cancer. Studies have not been done on it. And not all "organic" meat is up to code as far as quality and conditions of farming.

But organic red meat is a better bet for some of the reasons mentioned. For instance, healthy fats can be found in organic, or grass-fed beef, which contains a lot of Omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid or CLA.

Another example is the amount of fat in grass-fed beef. It is much lower than regular grain-fed beef, as much as 50 percent lower. Eating grass-fed beef can actually lower your LDL cholesterol since it is so low in fat.

Lower amounts of the unhealthy fats are better for you . And grass-fed beef is high in Vitamin E which fights cancer. However, if you grill the organic meat over an open flame it is still not good for you.

When you are sealed you will begin to notice what you eat and how it affects you. When you become more healthy you will also feel better, and you will start to notice how what you eat changes the way you feel.

Becoming sealed is belonging to God. When God claims you He will give you good health in many areas, but He expects you to help Him by doing your part and watching your diet when you receive the Seal.