At 12:39 PM 8/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any idea why red meat consumption, in study
>after study, seems to turn up as the main risk factor for colon
>cancer?

        I know, I know.  Men have a tendency to iron overload and high iron levels
are a risk for heart disease and cancer.  Many people have a heterozygous
gene which causes iron buildup.  Like Neil Young says, "better to burn
out,than to rust."  ( actually both are forms of oxidation.)  If you don't
want to do antioxidants, then I suggest blood donations.  With or without a
spear.