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Reply to Tomoyuki Kawada, MD: “Red meat consumption and biological markers of metabolic disorders”

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This work was supported by a research grant from the UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and Nexus.

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  1. Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AP, UK

    D. A. Hobbs-Grimmer & J. A. Lovegrove

  2. Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    D. A. Hobbs-Grimmer, D. I. Givens & J. A. Lovegrove

  3. Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, University of Reading, Reading, UK

    D. A. Hobbs-Grimmer, D. I. Givens & J. A. Lovegrove

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Hobbs-Grimmer, D.A., Givens, D.I. & Lovegrove, J.A. Reply to Tomoyuki Kawada, MD: “Red meat consumption and biological markers of metabolic disorders”. Eur J Nutr 60, 3001–3002 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02610-3

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