In a message dated 6/30/99 8:53:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > 2. I have read that people eating a lot of meat or fish have increased > risks of getting cancer, but the factor is close to 50%, and no one > knows why meat has such an effect. This is most certainly based on "cooked" meat, as there as so few people who eat raw meats as to make a statistical study meaningless. Also, how much is "a lot"? Steve