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DESCRIPTION: The foreign meat molecule Neu5Gc builds up in human tumors and atherosclerotic plaques and may play an inflammatory role in the progression of both diseases. See The Inflammatory Meat Molecule Neu5Gc ( for background and Friday’s video-of-the-day How Tumors Use Meat to Grow: Xeno-Autoantibodies ( for the role it might play in cancer growth. Inflammation (also caused by exogenous endotoxins) is one of the three steps en route to fatal heart disease. See Arterial Acne ( Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease ( and Making Our Arteries Less Sticky ( Antioxidants found predominantly in plants may also decrease inflammation within the body. Nuts may be particularly useful in this regard. Tomorrow we’ll close out the Neu5Gc story with Meat May Exceed Daily Allowance of Irony (
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