A tiny proportion of Americans—particularly boomers—eat the majority of the nation’s beef. Can clever framing sway a younger generation?
    • stealthnerd@lemmy.world
      13·
      11 months ago

      Tick bites can cause it. Something about your body building immunity to a protein transferred by the tick that closely matches those found in beef or something like that.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
      8·
      11 months ago

      There’s a kind of tick that, once it bites you, causes you to be deathly allergic to red meat from that point forward.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        Not always! Last I heard, it can and does wear off. Might take 6-months, might take years. I gather the effect is so rare we don’t have a ton of data.

        But I’m often full of shit! Look it up yourself.

        • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
          3·
          11 months ago

          You are probably full of shit every day. Until you visit the loo. So don’t hold it against yourself!

    • Remmock@kbin.social
      6·
      11 months ago

      For a non-tick response- Prion contamination resulting in Mad Cow Disease. One meal and your brain eventually rots in moldy cheese.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
      5·
      11 months ago

      Yep, there is, it spreads though tic bites, and once bitten you will allways get sick after eating red meat.

    • someguy3@lemmy.world
      52·
      11 months ago

      Alpha-gal syndrome. It’s not that common that it will affect entire populations.