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Article: Should red and processed meats be removed from U.S. dietary guidelines?(PRO & CON)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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The recent study by Ann Chao, Ph.D., et al. in the Journal of the American Medical Association linking red and processed meat intake with an increased risk of colon cancer is but one example of the problems with a meat-based diet. Multiple studies, as well as statements from the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Dietetic Association, have recommended that people reduce their intake of saturated fat. Those recommendations specifically point to red meat.
I don't think there is any dissent in the literature against the idea that colon cancer is due to what you put in your colon. This is a disease of eating ...