This could be attributed to a variety of reasons: blood components in meat that degrade into
carbon monoxide, carcinogens created by cooking muscle or consuming processed meat, pro-inflammatory
arachidonic acid and iron, huge amounts of bacteria causing inflammation, or even the antibiotics in meat adversely affecting gut flora.
The most important very - long - chain fatty acids are dihomo - gamma - linolenic acid (DGLA) with 20
carbons and three double bonds;
arachidonic acid (AA) with 20
carbons and four double bonds; eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) with 20
carbons and five double bonds; and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) with 22
carbons and six double bonds.