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Karoo dust, diet & diabetes: Why ‘lifestyle disease’ is an unfair label
Diabetes is different from other non-communicable diseases, this author says. It can’t be spread in a literal sense and is instead often forced upon people by factors beyond…
Benefits of red meat ignored in shift towards plant-based diets
The World Wide Fund for Nature says change needs to happen to halt the negative effects of livestock production on biodiversity and climate
Little to beef about as prices drop
Stats show that the prices of some goods have declined since January — meat is down and, for the sweet tooth, so is custard.
Global warming study raises the steaks
Latest research shows that eating less red meat would have a greater impact in cutting carbon emissions than giving up cars.
Foot-and-mouth meat ban could cost SA R4-billion
A ban on some meat exports after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost South Africa over R4-billion a year, says the Red Meat Industry Forum.