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  1. blank Randy Ice PT, CCS says:

    What kind of red meat? The discussion and blaming of red meat for cancer is meaningless unless you specify whether its grass-fed or corn fed beef, which are night and day different in their fatty acid composition. It is quite clear that 98% of the beef consumed in this country is unhealthy corn-fed, antibiotic and synthetic estrogen-laced. Grass fed beef that I eat and my parents and grandparents ate is associated with better health due to its high omega 3 fatty acid composition. They all lived into their 90’s and I am in my mid-60’s in excellent health, cancer free despite eating a LOT of red meat my entire life. Classifying beef with bacon, pastrami and hot dogs as “processed” is only true for the inhuman CAFO operations so prevalent in this country. Cattle grazing on grass is hardly “processed” and certainly NOT carcinogenic.

    1. Yes you are right and you didn’t even mention CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) that you only get from organic, grass fed proteins and ooh dare I say it, raw milk and gouda cheese (also highest cheese in K2).

      So they want to kill a whole industry by lying about the worst part of it. Wouldn’t it be better to tell everyone that if they want meat, buy grass fed meat? I know many farmers from the markets I shop at who would gladly buy a few more cows if they knew they’d have more meat to sell.

    2. blank BOKinLarksville says:

      This site likes “Shock Value” It’s getting like checkout isle tabloids.. Use your common sense, and read this garbage for entertainment..

    3. Note that the article and even WHO specified PROCESSED meats as harmful. The article adds – but should have EXPANDED on – the thought that there’s “an argument for consuming grass-fed, antibiotic- and growth-hormone free meat.” Such meat is non-GMO as well. It’s the only type of meat I eat. I completely agree with you about the health benefits of organic meat. I also completely agree with you about the cruel and filthy CAFOs. – Thank you for being informed and for posting your experience.

    4. exactly,and they do this with everything never defining whether the item in question is factory farmed,chemically treated ,or in its natural state produced in a nutritious healthy manner .ALL of the policy making “experts” are playing this game anymore with everything from nutrition supplements to water quality .its backwards “science”

  2. blank DrGreenThumb says:

    So does this mean that according to the WHO glyphosate is as dangerous, or conversely no less dangerous, than red meat?

  3. blank James Peters says:

    There is strong evidence that eating red meat and/or processed meats increases bowel cancer risk. It has also been linked to an increased risk in other types of cancer too. In 2011, it was estimated that around 1 in 5 bowel cancers were linked to eating these types of meat. Red meats include: lamb, pork, veal and beef. Processed meats include: sausages, salami, ham, bacon, paté and tinned meat. In some studies, high fat diets have been linked to bowel cancer as well. But many researchers think this may be tied up with meat intake

  4. Meat bought from a supermarket is the problem. It contains antibiotics, hormones, and nasty bacteria. I buy straight from a farm near me. 100% grass fed the way it should be. No antibiotics, no hormones, never fed grain. They even deliver it to me. Same with veggies I buy. They are 100% certified organic, locally grown, and are delivered to a small store near me for pick up.

  5. blank Notborn Yesterday says:

    While attempting to divert attention from both the real causes and the existing, successful treatments of cancer. the WHO misses the most important fact concerning red meats: HISTORY.
    Thick, chunky, grass-fed steaks were a major component of diet long before cancer was even a puff on the horizon! Shheeeeesh! WHAT do they TAKE us for??

    1. blank Julie Fidler says:

      Hey, I wrote the story but I don’t plan on never eating meat again. Bacon, for example, is carcinogenic but only if you eat 2 pieces a day. Most people don’t do that.

      1. blank Notborn Yesterday says:

        Thank you Julie, but I wasn’t directing any adverse comment at the messenger (you), only to the WHO. I know you’ve copped a bit below – quite undeservedly – but hey, relax 😉

        1. blank Julie Fidler says:

          I’m not defending myself – no need to. 🙂 I’m just saying, I love a burger once in a while!

          1. blank Notborn Yesterday says:

            OK – understood. 🙂

          2. blank Notborn Yesterday says:

            Me, too btw. *grin*

  6. blank Peter Latham says:

    When will these self styled “experts” stop this rubbish? Please can we share the so called “evidence”?
    Also the term “up to” also includes zero! Also look at the phraseology – “is thought to…” “strong evidence” from where? Everything that is consumed has the potential to be carcinogenic. Ignore these people and have a balanced diet, modest in size. These people have to justify being employed and wandering around in their lab coats to keep the sponsorship flowing.

  7. blank Peter Latham says:

    Let us all agree on one inviolable truth and fact. We will ALL die one day. And if one dies as a result of doing something one likes, for example eating junk food then nobody else should argue with that. Far rather that cause of demise rather than being bored to death by the dubious pronouncements of these “experts”.

  8. I find it interesting they’ve come out with this right about the same time I am seeing all these articles on Lab Grown Meat.

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