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Frankie - 19 Jan 2005 03:33 GMT

Evidence grows that eating red meat increases cancer risk
by Scott Gottlieb
BMJ 2005;330:111 (15 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7483.111-a

*** Article Link:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7483/111-a

Rapid Responses published [very interesting perspectives]:

*** Rapid Responses link:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/330/7483/111-a#92608

Reducing red meat consumption via methane taxes
Nick Wilson (14 January 2005)

Where's the beef?
Mark Wilks (14 January 2005)

Red Meat and Cancer - Bovine Droppings
Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich (14 January 2005)

Animal Proteins Influence Blood Lipids and Homocysteine
Bill D. Misner (14 January 2005)

So why don't exclusive red meat eaters get cancer?
Barry A Groves (14 January 2005)

Re: Animal Proteins Influence Blood Lipids and Homocysteine
Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich (15 January 2005)

Meat, homocysteine and cancer
Eddie Vos (17 January 2005)

Re: So why don't exclusive red meat eaters get cancer?
Marc Blanchard (17 January 2005)

Re: Re: So why don't exclusive red meat eaters get cancer?
Dr. Herbert H. Nehrlich (17 January 2005)

Additives not food
John P Heptonstall (17 January 2005)
Insulin and cancer
Malcolm K Kendrick (18 January 2005)

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yuunk - 20 Jan 2005 18:50 GMT

> Evidence grows that eating red meat increases cancer risk

YAWN. It seems like every week somebody is claiming that such-and-such
causes cancer, or that such-and-such prevents cancer. But the reports
almost always come off as vague guesses, at best.

Here's a novel theory: Perhaps NOTHING we do, eat, drink or breathe
either causes or prevents cancer. Perhaps it's just a mixture of
genetics and sheer luck. Perhaps you either will or will not get cancer
eventually and there's absolutely nothing you can do to change that.

That's a wild guess on my part, but you have to admit that it's no less
valid than most of the other guesses we hear about what causes/prevents
cancer.

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