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Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium
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Journal
Annals of Internal Medicine
Year
2019
Authors
B. Johnston, D. Zeraatkar, M. Han, Robin W. M. Vernooij, C. Valli, R. El Dib, Catherine Marshall, P. Stover, Susan Fairweather-Taitt, G. Wjcik, Faiz Bhatia, R. D. de Souza, C. Brotons, J. Meerpohl, C. Patel, B. Djulbegovic, P. Alonso-Coello, M. Bała, G. Guyatt
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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.
Experts gave different advice for fresh red meat versus processed meat because they might affect your health differently, and people have different preferences. They only looked at health, not the environment or animal treatment.
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.