I think it's no suprise to any of us that eating red meat causes cancer.

What surprises me in this new study that they speak of on the BBC web-site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4662934.stm

is the following sentence:

Last year the Dunn team published a study suggesting the chance of developing the disease was a third higher for people who regularly ate more than two portions per day of cooked red meat compared with those who ate less than one portion per week.

Who in their right mind eats TWO PORTIONS of red meat a day??? Where on earth did they find people who eat in such a manner???

And secondly, they compare two extremes. If I were a red-meat eater (god forbid), I would probably scoff at a study like this that only takes two extremes in order to come to its conclusion.

But still, I'm puzzled. Who eats TWO PORTIONS OF RED MEAT a day???? 99% of the people I know are omnivores, but none of them would eat like this.

2 portions - would that be like a ham sandwich for lunch, followed by spaghetti bolognese for dinner, for example?

I can see a lot of people eating like that.

Here's (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11144706/) another linky.

Well...keep in mind a lot of people normally eat one "portion" at a single meal. According to another article I found on this topic, they counted a portion as being 80 grams. That is 2.82 ounces. A restaurant steak is around 9-12 ounces, which is 3-4 servings right there. I think a lot of people think they're only having one serving of meat when they're actually having much more than that.

yep, a lot of the larger steak house steaks have enough fat and calories to last you an entire day all by themselves, so if someone has a double cheese burger for lunch and then something else w/ red meat for dinner they're there.