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Outbreaks of avian influenza have been detected in some duck and quail farms near the Philippines capi- tal. Photo: Beth Macdonald
Additional cases were
University of Ad- elaide researcher in biomedicine and study author Dr Wen- peng You said, “We wanted to look more closely at research that has thrown a negative spotlight on meat con- sumption in the human diet.”
wards associating veg- etarian and vegan diets with improved health, this may not contradict the beneficial effect of meat consumption.
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Philippines AI outbreak
Eating meat helps humans live longer
The Philippines' agri- culture department said on Tuesday February 22 that it had detected out- breaks of avian influenza in some duck and quail farms near the capital, after getting rid of the disease more than a year ago.
as highly pathogenic.
In January 2021, the de- partment announced the southeast Asian country was free of the H5N6 vi- rus, citing a declaration by the World Organisation for
recorded early this month, the department said in a statement.
The latest cases involved the H5N1 strain, not the H5N6 strain found during outbreaks in recent years, though both are classified
infection were found last month in the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga, home to some poultry businesses.
Quarantine zones have been established around infected farms to prevent the virus spread and risk of transmission to humans.
The results are good news for meat lovers!
adaptations.
Given the shift to-
Animal Health.
The first cases of H5N1
This question was the focus of a recent study by the Univer- sity of Adelaide.
Bureau of Animal In- dustry director Reildrin Morales said municipal veterinary authorities had promptly culled all birds in affected quail and duck farms.
IS eating meat actu- ally bad for us?
and circumstantial.” The study considered human evolution – finding meat provided optimal nutrition to our ancestors and we have inherited those
The study across more than 170 coun- tries concluded, “eat- ing meat still offers important benefits for overall human health and life expectancy,” Dr You said.
The study’s nutri- tionist Yanfei Ge said, “Studies looking into the diets of wealthy, highly educated com- munities are looking at people who have the purchasing power and the knowledge to se- lect plant-based diets that access the full nu- trients normally con- tained in meat.”
“While detrimental effects of meat con- sumption on human health have been found in some studies in the past, the methods and findings in these stud- ies are controversial
“Essentially, they have replaced meat with all the same nu- trition meat provides.”
Eating meat offers important benefits for human health and life expectancy. Photo: Claudio Schwarz
Read more in the In- ternational Journal of General Medicine.