So is red meat good or bad for you? If the
answer were only that simple.
A team of international researchers recently
rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t
enough evidence to tell people to cut back on
red or processed meat, seemingly contradicting
advice from prominent health experts and
groups including the American Cancer Society
and American Heart Association.
But the researchers didn’t say people should eat
more meat, or that it’s healthy. No new studies
were conducted, and they reported no new
understanding of meat’s effects on the body.
Instead, the papers offer a new approach to
giving advice about food and health — and a
rebuke to how it’s often done.Image: Valeria Boltneva