Tag: Glasgow. Cheap Red Meat

Cheap red meat is helping kill off Glasgow’s poorest men 30 years before their time | Science | News | The Independent

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The city of Glasgow has long been notorious for the astonishing gap in life expectancy between rich and poor. Men who can expect to die at the age of just 54 live within a few miles of those who will survive well into their 80s. Now researchers believe they have found a key reason for this disparity – the regular consumption of cheap, processed meat, particularly by the city’s poorest men.

Source: Cheap red meat is helping kill off Glasgow’s poorest men 30 years before their time | Science | News | The Independent