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  TMAO: A Toxic Substance Formed When You Eat Meat Can Make You … Dead Meat

  We can add another reason to the list of why we should not eat meat. If the saturated fat and cholesterol in meat were not enough, there is a newly identified toxic kid on the block: trimethylamineoxide (TMAO).1,2 When we eat red meat, its carnitine interacts with our gut bacteria, forming trimethylamine, which is then […]

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  Excerpt from Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

  The Modern Health-Care Myth From Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition “He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.” —Thomas Fuller What a great time to be alive! Modern medicine promises salvation from scourges that have plagued humanity since time began. Disease, infirmity, aging—all soon […]

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