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>MAY be linked to cancer (emphasis mine) Yeah but processed meat IS linked to cancer. https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/multimedia_pub_
by devmunchies 8y ago
>MAY be linked to cancer (emphasis mine)
Yeah but processed meat IS linked to cancer.
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/multimedia_pub_fsf_114_02.html https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/mul...
And last I checked, most Americans have a problem with high cholesterol, not low cholesterol. Americans eat too much meat.
- nonbel 8y agoBy "may", I meant "is" according to your definition. I am just skeptical of the standard process medical researchers use to determine this stuff (NHST), so used the term "may" as I would regarding anything else.
- xfitm3 8y agoIs ground beef considered processed meat?
- scoot 8y agoNo it isn't [1]. But both processed meat and excessive consumption red meats have been linked to cancer in some studies [2]. This has also been refuted. [3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processed_meat [2] https://progressreport.cancer.gov/prevention/red_meat https://progressreport.cancer.gov/prevention/red_meat [3] http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/meat-and-cancer/ http://www.diagnosisdiet.com/meat-and-cancer/ Google "meat cancer" for alternative sources.
- devmunchies 8y agoyou're 3rd link comes from a person who is so anti-plants its laughable. Almost all of her posts are pro-meat. It seems her livelihood now depends on it. https://twitter.com/GeorgiaEdeMD/status/1011204721598660608 https://twitter.com/GeorgiaEdeMD/status/1011204721598660608
- scoot 8y agoI didn't cherry pick - they were top result for the query, but neither did I read the sites more widely - It's which I included the search suggestion for alternative sources.