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Our Beef With Meat

By John Swartzberg, M.D., Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board

I don’t blame you if you were surprised—and frustrated—by another seeming flip­ flop in the world of nutrition science when research that seemed to exonerate red and processed meat came ou...


* In a subsequent issue, the Annals of Internal Medicine issued a correction about the lead author’s conflict of interest, citing his relationship with a Texas A&M University program that was partly funded by the meat industry. The journal also seems to have taken down the controversial studies on its website.

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