Cooking, Processing, and the Real Cancer Risks of Meat

When it comes to cancer, how meat is prepared and what it is eaten with matters more than whether you eat it.
Cooking, Processing, and the Real Cancer Risks of Meat
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Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy piles beef on her plate frequently and shares photos and videos of it on social media with the caption: “What a cancer doctor eats for dinner.”

A cancer doctor who eats beef regularly might sound like a contradiction, but Connealy, medical director of the Cancer Center for Healing, isn’t ignoring research—she’s reading it more carefully than most. The danger, she told The Epoch Times, is not in the meat itself. It’s in the char, the chemical preservatives, and the shortcuts taken between the farm and your fork.

Amy Denney
Amy Denney
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Amy Denney is a health reporter for The Epoch Times. Amy has a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield and has won several awards for investigative and health reporting. She covers the microbiome, new treatments, and integrative wellness.