Red meat is not a health risk, and apparently all the studies claiming it is were based on shoddy research:
Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Health effects associated with consumption of unprocessed red meat: a Burden of Proof study | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
ETA: Just saw that article is 2 years old, so sorry/not sorry if it has already been posted.Quote:
We found weak evidence of association between unprocessed red meat consumption and colorectal cancer, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and ischemic heart disease. Moreover, we found no evidence of an association between unprocessed red meat and ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke. We also found that while risk for the six outcomes in our analysis combined was minimized at 0 g unprocessed red meat intake per day, the 95% uncertainty interval that incorporated between-study heterogeneity was very wide: from 0200 g d1. While there is some evidence that eating unprocessed red meat is associated with increased risk of disease incidence and mortality, it is weak and insufficient to make stronger or more conclusive recommendations.