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Article: Fat tries for a comeback; A fatty acid found in beef and milk can reduce cancer and waistlines.(Brief Article)
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- The Report Newsmagazine
- Article date:
- June 24, 2002
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For millions of people in the most overweight generation of all time, fat has become a dirty word. "Beef and dairy products have taken a tough rap for 10 years over the fat issue," acknowledges Heather Loeppky, a plant physiologist and team leader of Alberta Agriculture's Ag Entrepreneurship program. But the cattle industry is poised to fight back with a novel discovery: certain constituents in animal fats can apparently inhibit cancer and also help prevent the eater from getting fat himself.
Meat that is barbecued, broiled or fried until it chars contributes to cancer in animals and may also affect humans. While trying to determine which chemicals cause that ...