Health & Views SupplementAppears in Sunday Leader of 9th April 2017 Minimise Your Processed Red Meat Eating –WHY? by Dr. Harold Gunatillake Red meat has no fibre (soluble or insoluble) a most important ingredient for good functioning of your gut, including the health of trillions of microbiota, living in your gut to look after your health and well-being. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a molecule produced by the microbes in your large gut when you consume red meat, eggs and dairy. TMOA molecules produced by our healthy bacteria is harmful to our bodies: produces great blood vessel inflammation leading to atherosclerosis (hardening with plaques) including heart disease.   People who suffer from heart disease have very high levels of TMAO and the latter molecule causes blood clots. TMAO causes inflammatory diseases in your large bowel-such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, including cancer. Doctors now check for your TMAO level in your ...