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Bessie here will have you feeling slim.
(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
I found something from yesterday's Washington Post hilarious. They reported on a study showing that eating red meat every day may significantly increase one's chances for dropping dead. Naturally, the Post looked to meat's business interests for comment, here represented by the American Meat Institute, and naturally, they tried to tamp down any health concerns the study might raise.
The hilarious part (apart from the name "American Meat Institute") is what they decided was their best defense:
"Meat products are part of a healthy, balanced diet, and studies show they actually provide a sense of satisfaction and fullness that can help with weight control. Proper body weight contributes to good health overall," James H. Hodges, the group's executive vice president, said in a written statement.
That's it? Meat makes you feel more full? Don't worry about that whole "death" thing! That lead brick in your stomach you feel after a night at Outback is saving your life!
Meanwhile, a representative of a major beer distributor claimed that the use of its product increased one's willingness to defend oneself in a bar brawl, a cola manufacturer suggested that its products were essential in the ecological well-being of polar bears, and a spokesman for the tobacco lobby defended its product saying that cigarettes occupy the mouth so that deadly red meat cannot get in.
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