Actually, you have a greater chance of being infected with some disease if you are the same species as the meat you are eating. So it can actually be harmful, if the person whose meat it is had a disease.
I'm not so sure about that. I took a class in parasitology (right before lunch every day!), and there are plenty of threats lurking in everyday foods. Proper preparation, cooking, and storage takes care of the vast majority of pathogens. A cannibal might have to worry about the odd case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from prions, but would actually be more likely in danger from Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis from beef. And again, human isn't on the menu at your neighborhood diner anyway.
Is it normal that I can't eat red meat because of this?
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Actually, you have a greater chance of being infected with some disease if you are the same species as the meat you are eating. So it can actually be harmful, if the person whose meat it is had a disease.
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I'm not so sure about that. I took a class in parasitology (right before lunch every day!), and there are plenty of threats lurking in everyday foods. Proper preparation, cooking, and storage takes care of the vast majority of pathogens. A cannibal might have to worry about the odd case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from prions, but would actually be more likely in danger from Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis from beef. And again, human isn't on the menu at your neighborhood diner anyway.