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I could quibble with aspects of this, but my point remains - it's not the meat that is associated with cancer, it's the preparation.
by nkozyra 11y ago
I could quibble with aspects of this, but my point remains - it's not the meat that is associated with cancer, it's the preparation.
- mikeyouse 11y agoRed meat is and has been associated with cancer for decades, they've recently found the causative link and it has nothing to do with the preparation: blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/01/02/red-meat-cancer-immune/#.VYBs8mWCOnM
- nkozyra 11y agoIf you read that and concluded they've found the causative link between red meat and cancer I'd implore you to read more about it.
- mikeyouse 11y agoMy original statement was inadvertently strong, they've found a causative link between red meat and cancer.. not necessarily the link that explains 100% of the association or anything of the sort, but a link that's universal across red meat, is dose dependent, and is readily repeatable. It really is a landmark study: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2014-12-29-sugar-molecule-in-red-meat-linked-to-cancer.aspx http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2014-12-29-sugar-...