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Red and processed meat are fine for your health? Don't believe guidelines.

What’s All Wrong About Annals Of Internal Medicine’s Red and Processed Meat Advice

by John Robbins

On September 30, 2019, Annals Of Internal Medicine published a new set of dietary guidelines. The guidelines, based on a series of reviews, essentially advised adults to continue consuming red and processed meat at current levels.

This was trumpeted as a major news story, and media outlets worldwide were quick to pick up on it, reassuring legions of anxious consumers that they can scarf down their burgers and bacon without concern about negative consequences to their health. Headlines emerged such as: “Is Everything We Know About Meat Consumption Wrong? Stunning new recommendation says to keep eating it”, and “There’s no need to eat less red or processed meat.”

The only trouble is, this conclusion is utterly wrong, and threatens to add a mountain of confusion at the very time we face a public health crisis which demands that nutritional authorities provide clear and consistent guidance. In fact, much of the data upon which this analysis was based does show negative health effects from consuming red and processed meat – including increased all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes.

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With a public health crisis that is growing deeper by the day, the world needs facts, not fiction, in order to guide public health policy. And the facts are in: If you value your health, and you want to minimize your risk of contracting heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia, or other chronic diseases, then eating less red and processed meat, or none at all, is very good advice indeed.

No amount of confusion stemming from this flawed interpretation of past studies can change this fundamental fact.

Full article:

https://foodrevolution.org/blog/new-guidelines-gives-wrong-advice-in-eating-red-and-processed-meat/

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