Eating more red meat every day might raise your chances of getting different types of cancer by a lot, according to big studies that looked at how much meat people eat.

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Red and processed meat consumption and cancer outcomes: Umbrella review.

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2021 Sep 15

The study looked at eating more red meat and found that having an extra 100g per day could raise the risk of many cancers by 11% to 51%, which is exactly what the claim says.

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Red and processed meat consumption and cancer outcomes: Umbrella review.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129697

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