[ExI] Pink Slime

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <
rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> ### I am mildly skeptical of the red meat kills claims.


I'm more than mildly skeptical. This is an observational study based on
self-reported eating habits. The mortality in the sample populations was
very low, and a 20% increase is insignificant. For more detailed debunking
see:

http://www.gnolls.org/2893/always-be-skeptical-of-nutrition-headlines-or-what-red-meat-consumption-and-mortality-pan-et-al-really-tells-us/
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/will-eating-red-meat-kill-you/
http://garytaubes.com/2012/03/science-pseudoscience-nutritional-epidemiology-and-meat
http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2012/03/red-meat-mortality-the-usual-bad-science/

So if you like meat and if you are worried about it killing you, just
> donate blood on a quarterly basis which is sufficient to keep your
> ferritin levels below 50 and should completely protect you from meat's
> poisonous impact.


I'm there.

-Dave
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