"Dark meat makes up muscles that chickens often use, which requires extra oxygen and myoglobin, giving its red coloring," ...

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

The proteins responsible for the fat-to-energy conversion are also responsible for the color of red fibers, and consequently the hue of dark meat. Most muscles from the chicken will contain some ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, how to handle bites.