Turning on Push - battery drains at 1% per minute

I've read quite a lot of forums on the 'myth' that push drains battery life. However, no matter what it says, I can't deny that when I turn on push, my battery drains at 1% per minute and the iphone gets really hot. I'm using the 3gs running 3.0.1 os. Under the push settings, I've only set push on for one or two apps to try to keep the battery life drain less, however this still doesn't seem to work.
It would be really helpful if someone could help me with this as I'd really like to have push on but obviously not at the ridiculous battery trade off.
Thank you!

The catch 22 you will be in is this...
Our normal suggestion to correct a battery issue will be to either cycle the battery and then if that doesn't work to do a full restore using "set up as new iPhone"... Doing a restore does NOT allow you to restore to an OLD OS version like 3.0.1, so if the battery cycling does not work for you, you will be forced to 3.1.2 (which is not at all a bad thing)
Battery cycle is done by allowing iPhone to fully drain, to the point it shuts itself off...then charge via wall outlet to 100%, then allow to drain fully and shut itself off... doing this 2-3 times usually works to correct battery issues... if not then the restore is needed and that will move you to 3.1.2...
I have two iPhones on 3.1.2 and have no issues... and there have been several bug fixes since 3.0.1

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