The connection between heme iron and cancer. Rectal biopsies taken before and after eating meat determine the potentially DNA-damaging dose of heme.
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This is the final installment in a nine-video series on plant-based meats, which includes:
• The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-e...)
• Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-b...)
• Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-p...)
• Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant...)
• The Health Effects of Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products vs. BCAAs in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-h...)
• What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-...)
• Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-...)
• Heme-Induced N-Nitroso Compounds and Fat Oxidation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heme-...)
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