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 out in late 2019. Published as a series of studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the articles took me by surprise as well—until I […]
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Our Beef With Meat
By John Swartzberg, M.D., Chair, Wellness Letter Editorial Board

* 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.