>> “Most everything we have been told for the last money grubbing 30 years is IMHO absolute b/s.” <<
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You can take that to the bank.
The study is a flawed. The underlying pathology is all about iron accumulation in the endothelial tissues that generates all of the damaging reactive oxygen species. Zoo animals like myna birds, and lemurs get the same iron loading pathologies just like humans without eating any meat. The fructose (from excessive fruit consumption) causes excessive iron retention. The wrong bacteria colonize the human gut when humans become hypochlohydric (almost no stomach acid) after they accumulate too much iron in the liver.
Yes, the study about carnitine being bad for you has already been debunked. Many of these “studies” come from front groups for animal rights whackos. These come to mind - Union of Concerned Scientists (they may be concerned, but they aren’t scientists), Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (front group for PETA).
Here is a link to a conservative site that gives good info on food and science issues (lefties say they are backed by “big food”) www.consumerfreedom.com And here is the link to the story about the flawed study on carnitine and meat.
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2013/04/latest-study-on-meat-misses-the-mark/