Originally published as a column on CFJC Today Kamloops and Armchair Mayor News on Monday, October 7, 2019.
You can safely file it under ‘Another day, another food study.’ Followed by… now what?
Case in point: the recent meat-centered
study coming from Dalhousie and McMaster Universities, which concluded that
the health benefits associated with reducing or eliminating red and processed
meats are minimal, and the risks we thought existed are also quite small, hence
the recommendation to eat meat without restrictions, if that’s how you feel
like it.
So what’s wrong with that, some will say. The study eased
the guilt and worry about red and processed meats. It’s good to not have guilt
or fear as a side dish, right? Granted, the researchers admitted they had not
taken into consideration any animals welfare and environmental issues, and they
considered people’s attachment to their meat-based diet as one of the factors
to base their recommendations on.
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