Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno, have identified a gene in certain animals — including cows and some types of fish — that links them to the deadly disease.
The gene, called CMAH, can cause a certain type of sugar to form in the animals. That sugar then triggers an inflammatory response when you eat red meat. The inflammation then increases the risk of tumors and cardiovascular disease.
Other research has linked this dangerous sugar to cancer, but this most recent report,published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution, is the first to identify the animals with the CMAH gene that also have this sugar.
The researchers hope their findings will spur others to look into what animal products contain the cancerous sugar. In the meantime, if you’re concerned about your cancer risk, swap out red meat for poultry: Chicken, turkey and duck are all free of the CMAH gene.
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The researchers hope their findings will spur others to look into what animal products contain the cancerous sugar. In the meantime, if you’re concerned about your cancer risk, swap out red meat for poultry: Chicken, turkey and duck are all free of the CMAH gene.
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9 comments:
Noooo, I was raised on red meat since my father was a butcher. I can not go without a good steak several times a month!
Watch cowspiracy on Netflix
Right on 8:50 ! Variety ...That's the best I'll do !! Never giving Up A Small Tender Steak !!!
I'd rather get cancer than give up red meat.
a month? how about several times a week?!
I'm with you, 8:50, though none in our family are butchers.
Don't care. I have steak in my teeth when I am carted to the morgue.
Youre an idiot for saying you'd rather have cancer that give up red meat 4:35. Obviously you've never seen first hand a person die from cancer.
***die from cancer** correction
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