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Questions tagged [meat]

the flesh of an animal (especially a mammal) as food.

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Do 2/3 of "vegetarians" fail to stick to a vegetarian diet?

In a TEDxTalk, Brian Kateman, the Assistant Program Manager of the Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability claimed that a huge number of those who identified themselves as vegetarians fail to stick to their diet: A separate study…
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Is eating meat & drinking milk during the same meal unhealthy?

This isn't a religious/Jewish question or about living conditions over two millennia ago. I hear it's bad to drink milk while eating meat but hear no reliable scientific evidence to support it.
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Does animal protein consumption cause inflammation?

This article by Michael Greger, M.D. claims: We’ve known for 14 years that a single meal of meat, dairy, and eggs triggers an inflammatory reaction inside the body within hours of consumption. I've heard similar claims (1) from many other…
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Would higher taxes on sausages and bacon save hundreds of thousands of lives every year?

A recent analysis of the health-related harms associated with red and processed meat has hit the news with headlines like this (from the Guardian): Taxing red meat would save many lives, research shows The cost of bacon and sausages would double if…
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Are 93% of meat worker marriages in shambles?

In the Youtube video "The Journey of a Beef Cow" (with 1.1M views as of January 2018), Sam O'Nella Academy makes the claim The FDA estimates that 93% of meat worker marriages are in shambles No source is given anywhere in the video or in the…
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Is Halal meat healthier to consume?

Traditionally, Muslims only eat meat that has been slaughtered and prepared according to the rules of Halal. Some people claim that leads to meat that is healthier to eat. Halal for Health Halal meat tastes better, is more tender, is healthier and…
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Are there alternative methods of meat production (such as free-range meat) that are better for the environment than factory farmed meat?

Possible Duplicate: Organic food is worse for the environment because it requires more land than non-organic food Most meat in developed nations is produced by Industrial agriculture methods, such as factory farming. Free-range meat is an example…
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Are hogs scalded alive in slaughterhouses?

I read that hogs are at times scalded alive during butchering in the United States: The killing line moves so quickly that some of the pigs are still conscious when they are dumped into the scalding tank. According to a USDA swine inspection guide:…
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Have greenhouse gas emissions from Australian red meat production fallen nearly 60% since 2005?

The BBC is reporting that Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) is reporting that "greenhouse gas emissions from the industry have fallen by almost 60% since 2005". This seems to be from the MLA State of the Industry Report 2019 which says: a 57.6%…
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Does chicken meat from the US contain arsenic?

Facebook brought this Minds.com article to my attention: After years of sweeping the issue under the rug and hoping no one would notice, the FDA has now finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic, a cancer-causing toxic…
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Is in vitro steak, not ground or bits, possible in the near future?

This article seems to say that it's possible to create the complex structure of a steak today. Is there any more of a reliable source that discusses the actual implementation of lab grown steak? Ground or minced beef exists. Toubia said each of…
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Does grilled meat cause cancer?

On a business trip to China, I ate a lot of wonderful food. Towards the end of the second week, I was craving BBQ, a hamburger, anything... I asked our interpreter if there were any such places around (Shenzhen) that had this sort of food. She…
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Does eating charred meat cause cancer?

Possible Duplicate: Does burning your food increase your risk of getting cancer? I've been told that I shouldn't eat charred meat (and at least sweep the charring off of a barbequeued sausage), because it can cause cancer. I've had a look at…
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Are Chinese wet markets selling bat again?

I read that China banned consumption of wild life a few weeks ago. A strict ban on the consumption and farming of wild animals is being rolled out across China in the wake of the deadly coronavirus epidemic, which is believed to have started at a…
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Does vegetarianism save animals?

A common belief about vegetarians is that they reduce the number of animals that die or at least reduce the demand for meat. But I also heard that less demand for meat will reduce meat prices and therefore increase or at least not reduce the meat…
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