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Delighted that #GlobalBurdenOfDisease's Dr. Murray has responded to the criticism expressed in our letter in @TheLancet (🧾👉thelancet.com/journals/lance…), thereby confirming that the 36x higher estimate of deaths due to red meat consumption is NOT reliable.
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His response to our letter can be read here 🧾👉: …s-jbs-prod-cdn.jbs.elsevierhealth.com/pb-assets/Lanc…
& states/confirms the following:
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& states/confirms the following:
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1- a “clear protective relationship between red meat intake and haemorrhagic stroke”
2- “strength of evidence for a relationship between red meat & various outcomes, incl. IHD, is weak”
3- “estimates of attributable deaths for red meat will be reduced in future GBD analyses”
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2- “strength of evidence for a relationship between red meat & various outcomes, incl. IHD, is weak”
3- “estimates of attributable deaths for red meat will be reduced in future GBD analyses”
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‼️📢 The #GlobalBurdenOfDisease (GBD) study is used globally in health policies. Very odd things are going on, incl. the assumption that every bite of red #meat is harmful (?!) In this letter to The Lancet 👇 we are asking to see the evidence. thelancet.com/journals/lance…
We were told that the GBD/IHME scientists were initially committed to respond to our questions but they seem to have changed their minds. No response was submitted, despite requests from The Lancet’s Editorial Team to do so 🤔
This is what GBD now assumes to be the effect of red meat intake on all-cause mortality relative risk, having effectively reduced the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL) of red meat to ZERO !?! healthdata.org/results/gbd_su… 
