"Red meat increases death, cancer and heart risk," we are told by a BBC article.
I have done a little thinking and some research.
Clearly the title does not explain whether the consumption of red meat increases the risk of having a heart, or the risk to one's heart - although the article does make it clear that it is the latter. But the headline is definitely wrong in claiming that red meat increases death. I have done some back-of-a-cigarette-packet calculations. It is definitely 100% either way.
Living in Homs brings with it a far worse risk of death.
ReplyDeleteAND from Sky News.
ReplyDelete"Red meat is not only unhealthy but can be positively lethal, according to a major US study...
Each additional daily serving of processed red meat, equivalent to one hot-dog or two rashers of bacon, raised the chances of dying by a fifth...
Nuts were said to reduce the risk of dying by 20% - making a case for swapping roast beef for nut roast..."
Presumably if you eat nuts 5 times in a week you will become immortal.