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...offered several theories for what's behind the correlation. One possibility is that red meat delivers too much iron in a form that promotes cancer. Another is that carcinogens form in meat as it is cooked. Yet another (and one that I would bet on) is that conventionally raised beef carries residues of the hormones ranchers give cattle to make them grow faster...
...years, two Grammy nominations and one much publicized beef later, The Game (born Jayceon Taylor) finds himself in the unfamiliar position of trying to sell an album that includes no Dre instrumentals or Fiddy hooks and, therefore, is not guaranteed platinum status. The cards are stacked against him, but that’s exactly how this former drug dealer from Compton, Calif. likes...
...better choices. “It is a political movie and you hope people come out of it and maybe read up on the issues or follow through as consumers,” he said. “You know, like you don’t necessarily give up beef, but maybe you buy organic or you want to support the ranchers who are doing it correctly and not the feedlot.”That said, he emphasized that he was less focused on making a political statement than on creating compelling characters.“That?...
...health conducted by Harvard Medical School researchers. The study assessed 90,000 women over a 12-year period and found that higher red meat intake increased the risk of hormone-related breast cancer. Women who ate more than 1.5 daily servings of red meat—which includes beef, pork, and lamb—were nearly twice as likely to be at risk than women who ate 3 or fewer servings per week. The researchers gathered evidence by means of “a food frequency questionnaire,” according to the study, published Monday in Archives of Internal...
...Although Americans eat more chicken and beef than pork, activists are focusing on ballot initiatives on pigs in part because they are known as intelligent animals. Also, making pregnant sows more comfortable would have less effect on the price of meat than would reforms of chicken- and beef-raising practices. According to Michael Markarian of the Washington-based Humane Society of the United States, the common farm practice of confining sows in 2-ft. by 7-ft. metal pens where they cannot turn around for most of their four to five year breeding life is "especially egregious." Arizona's major...