A group of experts looked at the best research to give advice on how much red meat and processed meat people should eat, considering health effects like heart disease and cancer, and what matters to people.

Eating more red and processed meat doesn't seem to help prevent cancer, according to studies that looked at how much people eat.

Eating red meat might raise your chances of dying from cancer or getting certain types of cancer, according to big reviews of past research.

Lean beef can be part of a healthy plant-based diet without hurting your heart or blood sugar markers — at least in the short term for overweight women.

Official food advice says to eat less red meat and processed meats like bacon, but this advice mostly comes from studies that can't prove cause and effect and don't show how much risk there really is.

Eating processed meats like bacon or sausage is more likely to cause long-term health problems than eating plain red meats like steak, according to health studies.