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Nutrition Facts Grab Bag 23

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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Cancer Causes in Medication and Meat

In 20 18, one of the best selling blood pressure drugs was found to be contaminated by a carsinogenic semine known as n nitros di methlomine. A few months later, the fda announced tat it had found n d m a in renidity. N d m a has not only been found in contaminating drugs, it is a known by product of pestacide manufacturing, leather tanning and tire plants. Now that we know end m a can transfer through the blacent may explain the relationship between maternal cured meat consumption during pregnancy and the risk of childhood brain tumors.

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