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In Hawaii, as well as in the contiguous United States, flesh is consumed in excess. The result of this is that obesity, diabetes, heart disease, constipation, and cancer are extremely prevalent.

A study at the Harvard School of Public Health, published in the March 2012 Archives of Internal Medicine, found that red meat, in particular, is associated with an increased risk of total, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. If you think that poultry and fish are any better, that will be dealt with later in this article.

I was recently talking about this issue with a retired emergency room physician that worked in …read more