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RED MEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("red meat" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Context examples:
We need new dietary guidelines, many of which still encourage the consumption of red meat and large amounts of bread and dairy products.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
The number of people who develop blood antibodies to the red meat allergen without having full-blown symptoms is much higher — as much as 20 percent of the population in some areas, the researchers say.
(Researchers have found a link between allergen in red meat and heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease, a growing number of studies have identified TMAO as another culprit.
(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
The study found a positive association between intakes of red meat and poultry, and risk of developing diabetes.
(Eating Meat Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers propose that red meat should feature only once a week in people’s diet, but that the consumption of pulses, nuts and legumes, which contain high amounts of proteins, should be stepped up.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
That is why red meat allergies tend to be more common where these ticks are more prevalent.
(Researchers have found a link between allergen in red meat and heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
TMAO is a dietary byproduct that is formed by gut bacteria during digestion and is derived in part from nutrients that are abundant in red meat.
(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
As Professor Koh Woon Puay, Professor of Clinical Sciences at Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), and her team found out, higher intake of red meat and poultry is associated with significantly increased risk of developing diabetes.
(Eating Meat Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Currently, the only treatment for red meat allergy once it is diagnosed is strict avoidance of red meat.
(Researchers have found a link between allergen in red meat and heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
When the subjects discontinued their red meat diet and moved to either a white meat or non-meat diet for another month, their TMAO levels decreased significantly.
(Study links frequent red meat consumption to high levels of chemical associated with heart disease, National Institutes of Health)
