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M E A T E L S S E A T
By Anthony O’Reilly

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risks associated with eating

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vore diet—in which people processed meats in adults,”
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ucts—may be rejoicing at the for the Academy of Nutrition
news, researchers at various and Dietetics and creator of
institutions are up in arms the Wholitarian Lifestyle.
over it. Malkani also criticized the
Registered dietitian Malina new report, saying it “resulted
Malkani says that there’s still in an admittedly weak rec-
good reason to limit your ommendation and doesn’t
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change how we interpret the
intake of red meat.
“There is robust evidence
on which the dietary guide-

studies as well as randomized
lines for Americans is based.”

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