US: American Meat Institute calls WCRF panel recommendations on meat consumption extreme and unfounded - (AMI)
October 31, 2007 – 11:08 pmSays Alarmist Messages Reflect Groups Anti-Meat Bias, Stand in Sharp Contrast to U.S. Dietary Guidelines and Plain Common Sense
Washington, DC — The American Meat Institute (AMI) today said that World Cancer Research Funds (WCRF) recommendations to limit red and processed meat intake to extremely low levels reflect WCRFs well-known anti-meat bias and should be met with skepticism because they oversimplify the complex issue of cancer, are not supported by the data and defy common sense.
WCRFs conclusions are extreme, unfounded and out of step with dietary guidelines, said AMI Foundation Vice President of Scientific Affairs Randy Huffman, Ph.D. Headlines associated with this report may give consumers another case of nutrition whiplash.
The consistent finding in diet and cancer research is inconsistency, he added. No health groups should be dispensing clear-cut recommendations on specific foods when studies continue to contradict each other time after time. Huffman stressed that the recommendations stand in sharp […]
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