Asked about the latest study from the public health experts at Harvard who say eating red meat regularly probably trims a half-dozen years off your life expectancy, Stephen Verica sniffs dismissively.
"Basically," he says, "whoever has the research grant has to earn his money."
Verica, owner of Kissin Fresh Meats, is an unapologetic, unabashed, unreformed carnivore. "I eat beef or veal and pasta seven days a week," he says. "It's the way I was raised."
Let the experts carp about the dangers of heme iron intake and the increased risk of diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer. Verica stoutly defends the virtues of a juicy New York strip, a succulent prime rib, and a good old American burger hot off the grill. And he has staked his family business on the belief that even in a world of encroaching vegetarianism, a healthy market still exists for fine meat.
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