Article: Should red meat really be put on prescription? As a GP says we must eat more steak... YES DR JOHN CANNON.

Byline: CHARLOTTE DOVEY

GP JOHN Cannon made headlines for giving patients prescriptions for red meat in a bid to keep them healthy. But is this setting up more problems in the future? Here, Dr Cannon and Professor Tim Key from Cancer Research UK, put their views to CHARLOTTE DOVEY.

DR JOHN CANNON, a GP at Ixworth Surgery near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, says:

WITH around 96 per cent of the UK population being meateaters, it's important they are educated about the type of meat they're buying.

The trend towards buying bung-in-the-oven ready meals and processed foods which are jam-packed full of fat and high salt levels is, quite simply, a ...

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