When people eat red meat, their bodies make certain chemicals called N-nitroso compounds, but these are not the same dangerous ones that damage DNA and cause cancer.

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Red meat and colon cancer: A review of mechanistic evidence for heme in the context of risk assessment methodology.

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The study found that when people eat red meat, their bodies make certain chemicals (nitrosyl iron and nitrosothiols) that are different from the harmful ones known to damage DNA — which supports the claim.

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Red meat and colon cancer: A review of mechanistic evidence for heme in the context of risk assessment methodology.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2018.04.048

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