I'm hoping others will have thoughts on this but there do seem to be some
confounding factors. First of all -- many post-meno women are over-fat or
obese -- this in and of itself increases risk of many hormonal cancers.
Does "adjusted data" mean they take differences in body fat compostion into
consideration? Also, what were these post-menos eating WITH the meat?
Most Americans don't dream of eating red meat without bread/buns or
fries/potatoes or creamed/cheesy spinach side dishes. Breast cancer is more
common as one ages -- hence post-meno women were ALREADY at increased
risk -- was meat blamed unfairly? And Karen brings up a good point -- was
the meat typical US meat -- grain fed and full of antibiotic/hormone residues?
Also, did these women smoke and/or drink alchohol (can raise estrogen) and/or
just plain eat too many calories overall? Obviously I'm biased because I love
red meat -- it's my absolute favorite food and I often eat it more than once a
day -- plus I'm a tad worried because I'm in the peri-meno years...