Study Says Many Red Meat Eaters Die Sooner

If you didn't catch Jane Brody this week (NYT), she details the just-released long-term large-scale study of American mortality as a function of meats in the diet:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/health/28brod.html

The thumbnail image above previews the bottom line while the article gives several specifics (such as how much of what may be too much). If you'd also like the link to the original study, keep reading.

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For those who want to see the study itself, here is the link to the findings:

Meat Intake and Mortality: A Prospective Study of Over Half a Million People 
(Archives of Internal Medicine)