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That nutritional profile also includes increased risk of GI tract cancers among other serious conditions, so I'm not sure what the argument you're trying to mak

That nutritional profile also includes increased risk of GI tract cancers among other serious conditions, so I'm not sure what the argument you're trying to make is.

wyager 5y ago
There is no compelling evidence that eating unprocessed beef carries any significant cancer risk. This claim is obvious a-priori bullshit if you know much about human metabolism. Plain old meat is very rapidly metabolized almost entirely into peptides and absorbed; there is little room for it to cause GI problems. Hence why there are a lot of people with plant-related digestive issues (e.g. celiac) but very few people with beef intolerance, outside of freak allergies like alpha-gal (lone star tick syndrome).
- psychometry 5y ago
  What are you, some sort of beef industry lobbyist? This is a widely accepted fact among the medical community and supported by reams of evidence. Metabolism has almost nothing to do with this. The link between environmental exposure (red meat, smoking, etc.) and cancer has to do with DNA damage and inflammation. https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/03/17/bacon-salami-and-sausages-how-does-processed-meat-cause-cancer-and-how-much-matters/ https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/03/17/bacon-sa... The rest of your comment is clearly irrelevant to the topic at hand.
  - wyager 5y ago
    Yeah, I’m paid to shill on HN by Big Beef. “Reams of evidence” for an extremely weak effect more than counterbalanced by nutritional benefits.
    - psychometry 5y ago
      Ok, I'll bite. Let's see a citation for your absurd claims.
- DanBC 5y ago
  > There is no compelling evidence that eating unprocessed beef carries any significant cancer risk. Red meat has an IARC classification of 2A, probably carcinogenic to humans. This is based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies, but also (contrary to your claim) mechanistic evidence.

That nutritional profile also includes increased risk of GI tract cancers among other serious conditions, so I'm not sure what the argument you're trying to make is.

wyager 5y ago

There is no compelling evidence that eating unprocessed beef carries any significant cancer risk. This claim is obvious a-priori bullshit if you know much about human metabolism. Plain old meat is very rapidly metabolized almost entirely into peptides and absorbed; there is little room for it to cause GI problems. Hence why there are a lot of people with plant-related digestive issues (e.g. celiac) but very few people with beef intolerance, outside of freak allergies like alpha-gal (lone star tick syndrome).

psychometry 5y ago
What are you, some sort of beef industry lobbyist? This is a widely accepted fact among the medical community and supported by reams of evidence. Metabolism has almost nothing to do with this. The link between environmental exposure (red meat, smoking, etc.) and cancer has to do with DNA damage and inflammation. https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/03/17/bacon-salami-and-sausages-how-does-processed-meat-cause-cancer-and-how-much-matters/ https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2021/03/17/bacon-sa... The rest of your comment is clearly irrelevant to the topic at hand.
- wyager 5y ago
  Yeah, I’m paid to shill on HN by Big Beef. “Reams of evidence” for an extremely weak effect more than counterbalanced by nutritional benefits.
  - psychometry 5y ago
    Ok, I'll bite. Let's see a citation for your absurd claims.
DanBC 5y ago
> There is no compelling evidence that eating unprocessed beef carries any significant cancer risk. Red meat has an IARC classification of 2A, probably carcinogenic to humans. This is based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies, but also (contrary to your claim) mechanistic evidence.