This week’s topics include vitamin D deficiency, hazards of fat, reducing red meat consumption, and electronic patient records.

Program notes:
0:20 Red meat consumption and risks
1:15 Persuasive since it’s so large
2:11 How do we account for deleterious effects of red meat?
2:52 BMI and impact on mortality
3:44 Increase weight ten to fifteen pounds increases mortality 30%
4:42 Most weight gained in middle years
4:55 Vitamin D deficiency
5:48 Two different sources for vitamin D
6:47 One piece of data that’s persuasive
7:37 Electronic patient records
8:40 Commercial interests
9:40 Patients can get copies of their records and compile
10:11 End

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