Thought of juicy sausages water your mouth? Are you thinking of having them for tonight's dinner? Well, think again.

Newest research shows that eating just one sausage a day increases cancer risk by a whopping 20%. And that doesn't necessarily count in all the other processed meats and foods that you consumed throughout the day. ...

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Just heard the news that PETA is offering $1 million for the first person to create lab-grown meat that will be competitive in price to chicken by the year 2012.

Although I am a fan of saving animals, I am uncertain whether creating these vitro meat is the right approach....

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A two-year research indicates that the way America produces meat, dairy products, and eggs is unsustainable, creates significant public health risks from antibiotic resistance and diseases, damages the environment and unnecessarily harms animals, the report says. This is also illustrated in The Meatrix....

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Sausage = Meat. That's a simple equation for such a highly processed product that is packaged with fancy labels.

Meet your mystery meat! Naturalnews has revealed what goes inside your typical luncheon meats that you can often find on sale in supermarkets... including spam!

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Meet the Mystery Meat Macrophotography tour!

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I was pretty curious to see what used to be the center of my typical lunch sandwich several years ago......

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Here is what Al Gore said on meat consumption and global warming, according to Ezra Klein's blog:

Responding to a questioner: "One of the factors right now in the global trends of the food crisis is the increasing meat intensity of the diet in countries like China that are imitating the diet the US has long had. It is true that it would be healthier for us as individuals and as a planet if we consumed less meat. I acknowledge that. There's an undercurrent in the question, and you didn't say it, of why it hasn't been a more prominent part of the conversation so far. I plead guilty, and I guess I'd say there is only so much that we can do at once. I myself am a meat eater and maybe that's had some effect. But I want to acknowledge forthrightly that this is a significant part of what needs to be done, but we have to walk before we can run."
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Vegetarian Report reports the news that red meat consumption doubles risk of colon cancer. Really, is it time to go vegetarian yet? Here's a take of a knowledgeable nutritionist.

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows a doubling of the risk of colon cancer for people who are heavy consumers of red meat. More specifically, it shows that the risk doubles compared to those who consume smaller quantities of red meat. But how does this compare to people who consume no red meat at all?...

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Does this sound familiar? "Oh, I can't do vegetarian. I just love meat too much." Well, I did too. I used to love the taste of meat. And guess what? There was a pretty darn good reason behind it!

A recent study gives a surprising insight into why some meat-eaters often "turn up their noses" at vegetarian meals: many people have a strong bias in favor of dishes containing meat, so if they think a meal includes meat they're more likely to say they enjoy it — even if the food is actually vegetarian! ...

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Red meat is again linked with cancer and heart diseases, according to TIME. Following is the news from Yahoo! news.

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