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Surprising Study Finds Meat May Protect Against Cancer Risk

Surprising Study Finds Meat May Protect Against Cancer Risk

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about protein, finding that eating animal-based sources is not tied to higher mortality. Credit: Stock A large study found that animal protein is not linked to higher mortality and may even help lower cancer-related deaths. Eating foods that contain animal protein is not connected to a higher chance of death and may even provide some …

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Beef prices are spiraling. Meat lovers aren’t deterred — yet. – The Washington Post

Beef prices are spiraling. Meat lovers aren’t deterred — yet.  The Washington Post The climate and market factors driving beef prices to record highs  PBS Impacts of rising beef prices in Northeast Tenn. explained  WJHL Retail Beef Prices Hit New Record in July: Consumers Show No Sticker Shock  drovers.com Local farmer weighs in on rising beef prices  Newspressnow.com Source link

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turning algal protein into mock meat

turning algal protein into mock meat

“This photograph shows me checking microalgae at the TUMCREATE research campus in Singapore. It’s affiliated with several Singaporean organizations, as well as with the Technical University of Munich, Germany. The microalgae will ultimately make it into the meat alternative that my team and I are developing. We work with microalgae along with soy beans, because they’re both raw materials with …

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Meat, dairy allergies from tick bites “skyrocketing” on Martha’s Vineyard, expert says

Meat, dairy allergies from tick bites “skyrocketing” on Martha’s Vineyard, expert says

There’s a new medical issue on Martha’s Vineyard, and it’s impacting the way people eat. It’s known as “alpha-gal syndrome,” and is not a tick-borne illness, but rather an allergy in response to a tick bite.  “It’s skyrocketing across the island,” explained Patrick Roden-Reynolds, a biologist and tick researcher on Martha’s Vineyard.  The allergy can come in response to a …

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Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce

Amazon launches same-day delivery of meat, eggs, produce

An independent contractor wearing a protective mask and gloves loads Amazon Prime grocery bags into a car outside a Whole Foods Market in Berkeley, California, on Oct. 7, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery of fresh foods to more pockets of the U.S. as it looks to encourage shoppers to add …

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Is processed meat really so bad for you? I have good news.

Is processed meat really so bad for you? I have good news.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Hot dogs, bacon, pepperoni—processed meat, everyone seems to agree, isn’t good for you. A recent study in Nature Medicine confirmed that belief and even took it one step further: Forget the occasional beef jerky; such snacks have no place …

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Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly desirable fare, not starvation rations. In fact, many such peoples routinely and often intentionally allowed animal foods to decompose to the point where they were crawling with maggots, in some cases even beginning to liquefy. This rotting food would inevitably emit a stench so overpowering that early …

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