Heme of consumed red meat can act as a catalyst of oxidative damage and could initiate colon, breast and prostate cancers, heart disease and other diseases
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Heme and catalyzed oxidations
Dietary epidemiological studies [1], [2] indicate correlations between the consumption of red meat and/or processed meat and cancer of the colon, rectum, stomach, pancreas, bladder, endometrium and ovaries, prostate, breast and lung, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer‘s disease. The correlation of all these major diseases with dietary red meat indicates the presence of factors in red meat that damage biological components. It is often hypothesized that the
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