Flashback Friday: The Role of Burger Viruses in Cancer
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2021-08-27

Polyomaviruses discovered in meat can survive cooking and pasteurization.

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This reminds me of the story of bovine leukemia virus and breast cancer. For more on that, see:
• Is Bovine Leukemia Virus in Milk Infectious? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-bovine-leukemia-virus-in-milk-infectious/)
• The Role of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-bovine-leukemia-virus-in-breast-cancer/)
• Industry Response to Bovine Leukemia Virus in Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/industry-response-to-bovine-leukemia-virus-in-breast-cancer/)

What about chicken? Check out The Role of Poultry Viruses in Human Cancers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-poultry-viruses-in-human-cancers) and Poultry and Penis Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/poultry-and-penis-cancer/).

One of the problems with eating other animals is that we put ourselves at risk of their diseases. Not once have I diagnosed anyone with Dutch Elm Disease or a really bad case of aphids. See Eating Outside Our Kingdom (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-outside-our-kingdom/) for more on this concept.

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