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Hominids have been eating red meat for how many years now? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #1
True, Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #3
Wasn't talking about tobacco hobbit709 Oct 2015 #6
I know Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #11
Yeah, today's methods use lots of chemicals Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #110
but not "smoked" meats AlbertCat Oct 2015 #21
I should be more clear, sorry Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #28
Actually humans have been eating smoked meat for thousands of years. cstanleytech Oct 2015 #84
agribiz-kept animals with chemicals in their diet = cancer wordpix Oct 2015 #92
No, salting and smoking are ancient processes Warpy Oct 2015 #103
It's the chemicals used in processing meats, in my opinion. closeupready Oct 2015 #4
There's a funny thing about nitrites and nitrates... GliderGuider Oct 2015 #24
Affiliate Disclosure Sunlei Oct 2015 #61
In this life we all get to choose whose lies we will believe... GliderGuider Oct 2015 #65
thanks, Sunlei, I thought it would be some kind of scam wordpix Oct 2015 #95
hey but Chemical-Bacon Corps pay good for those kind words :) Sunlei Oct 2015 #96
yes, but is it the same identical chemical? demigoddess Oct 2015 #97
It's your body, so you get to decide whose agenda you believe GliderGuider Oct 2015 #98
the animals are given heavy doses of chemicals throughout their lives wordpix Oct 2015 #94
+2 appalachiablue Oct 2015 #116
Your grandparents didn't eat pink slime formed together and called red meat. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #15
I don't call that meat either. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #16
I wish you and the grocers agreed. <G> n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #17
I love the grin symbol! <g> Reter Oct 2015 #22
What does the ignore button scream? n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #25
Are you seriously putting someone on ignore for complimenting you? Reter Oct 2015 #106
You should go really old-school dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #112
I would if they had it available to use as an avatar Reter Oct 2015 #117
Cool, I started on mainframes dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #119
It's because you can't use emoticons Le Taz Hot Oct 2015 #36
I see how the internet sucks for reading between the lines, and you can put a :) in the title Reter Oct 2015 #107
And they have had a rather short life expectancy over most of that time. whopis01 Oct 2015 #29
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And what about heteronids? nt valerief Oct 2015 #53
I doubt that even 100 years ago that people ate red meat at about every meal. LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #42
Ever watch the series The Supersizers? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #64
Exactly. There are a lot of myths used to rationalize gorging on industrially-produced meat now villager Oct 2015 #76
And curing meat and fish as soon as they discovered how to make fire Warpy Oct 2015 #101
This has been know for some time. Still it is good that it calling attention to it still_one Oct 2015 #2
Processed meats The Wizard Oct 2015 #5
I still buy meat but I don't buy meat with hormones and antibiotics in it. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #7
I only eat range fed beef and nitrate free bacon and hot dogs womanofthehills Oct 2015 #47
I should be dead from cancer then. Archae Oct 2015 #8
Right, because they should base all studies on you personally. randome Oct 2015 #13
Are you serious? padfun Oct 2015 #14
The poster tends to cherry pick PatSeg Oct 2015 #40
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I agree with you Plucketeer Oct 2015 #44
What a odd thing to say about the World Health Organization. ronnie624 Oct 2015 #52
Right, and some guy who smokes lived into his 90s, Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #63
The WHO is going downhill fast, indeed. HuckleB Oct 2015 #70
yes, phd's and medical doctors restorefreedom Oct 2015 #85
Switching to e-Bacon MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2015 #9
It's like everything the Vikings did was wrong. sofa king Oct 2015 #10
I've cut back to just two packs of bacon per day Orrex Oct 2015 #12
where does stress and worrying rank? olddad56 Oct 2015 #18
Does that include bacon flavored Scope? Human101948 Oct 2015 #19
It's not real and boy did that give some people a sad... Kalidurga Oct 2015 #49
I chose to die from bacon. Evergreen Emerald Oct 2015 #20
Bacon cheezburgers, nom nom nom shenmue Oct 2015 #54
They can have my red meat When they pry it from my cold dead fingers hueymahl Oct 2015 #23
Cold dead tumors Geronimoe Oct 2015 #62
Either way, MMM meat. hueymahl Oct 2015 #120
An oncologist somethingshiny Oct 2015 #26
In honor of this study I had........ Kilgore Oct 2015 #27
"another study will tell you NOT eating ... shortens life" - yes, like eggs. closeupready Oct 2015 #30
Good for you! somethingshiny Oct 2015 #37
Already had the coffee, two cups, full caffeine but I...... Kilgore Oct 2015 #46
Precisely. I decided the same many years ago too. sybylla Oct 2015 #67
Very good post! Kilgore Oct 2015 #91
Ha! Exactly! sybylla Oct 2015 #118
Probably needlessly alarmist. alarimer Oct 2015 #32
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No, because the media reports on stuff like this are almost always wrong. alarimer Oct 2015 #35
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Try eating more fiber! Geronimoe Oct 2015 #59
In the article PatSeg Oct 2015 #45
What? rockfordfile Oct 2015 #69
Remember the Atkins diet? kimbutgar Oct 2015 #38
I have been on that Atkins diet, sometimes off, mostly on, since the '70s. djean111 Oct 2015 #55
I'm a low carber as well. Feron Oct 2015 #89
Eh...fuck it. Still eating ham, bacon, red meat, etc. It's not like I have it every day. TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #39
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Time to bring BaconVapin to the market n/t IDemo Oct 2015 #41
People get more emotional PatSeg Oct 2015 #43
Oh, No - packman Oct 2015 #48
Oh god, the assault kit! smirkymonkey Oct 2015 #105
No it doesn't. It's what's in the meat that does. Gregorian Oct 2015 #56
Uhm, just a quibble, but in the case of salt, there is no chemical difference between "sea salt".. Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #72
I'm waiting to hear about how some of us need more salt in our diets hedgehog Oct 2015 #74
I would say follow the directions from your doctor, removing salt entirely from you diet is harmful. Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #79
Be careful with the pink salt Kilgore Oct 2015 #104
More than one highly respected person I've listened to has mentioned the differences between the two Gregorian Oct 2015 #121
Up until a couple of months ago, I thought there might be chemical differences between sea salt... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #122
All I got to say is this lancer78 Oct 2015 #57
gotten worse when they took the dog food scrap and started feeding it to humans. Worse Sunlei Oct 2015 #58
good grief! chillfactor Oct 2015 #60
Well, 5 years of vegetarianism damaged my health severely. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #66
Sorry to hear that. sybylla Oct 2015 #68
And just to rub some salt in the wound GliderGuider Oct 2015 #71
Hopefully lab grown, cloned meat becomes economical, that's my hope... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #73
isn't there something between vegetarianism and 90% meat? Skittles Oct 2015 #99
Sure there is for most people, just not for me. GliderGuider Oct 2015 #100
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #75
I doubt Runningdawg Oct 2015 #77
Well, at least it's official now... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #78
Alcohol too? FLPanhandle Oct 2015 #80
I may die a little earlier because of bacon, but you have to be a little skeptical. Vinca Oct 2015 #81
On a normal day I am exposed to a few carcinogens like everyone elmac Oct 2015 #82
Screw Roger Daltrey. I'm never giving up sausage. Throd Oct 2015 #83
Don't smoke bacon! GeorgeGist Oct 2015 #86
we know that meat production is bad for human health, deadly for the animals it kills, restorefreedom Oct 2015 #87
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Well, there goes my idea for a bacon, sausages and ham hookah. frylock Oct 2015 #90
Game over. Nice knowing you all. I'm fooked. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #93
Dumb study, alarmist rating MannyGoldstein Oct 2015 #102
Mmmm....bacon...... Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #108
The departure of butter seems to have left a vaccum. beevul Oct 2015 #109
The risk: a 0.8% higher chance of coloreectal cancer from 2oz processed meat per day muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #111
I didn't eat my usual Bacon this morning. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #113
K to keep eye on :-) N/T w0nderer Oct 2015 #114
Not giving up bacon...ever. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #115
Well there's mass produced chemically smoked bacon and then there's the other kinc Monk06 Oct 2015 #123
I'm convinced the WHO has an ideological agenda meow2u3 Oct 2015 #124
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