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Published online 23 October 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011025-6
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Meat fuelled Midas' rot
The gold-loving king's rich diet may have hastened his decay.
Legend says that lust for gold was the cause of King Midas' downfall. But his appetite for meat may have destroyed the final monument to his greatness1.
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