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Most of the studies include processed meat like salami, which has known carcinogens and conflates the result to all red meat.
Every study conflates high sugar consumption with meat consumption. If a pizza is considered a serving of meat, in all fairness it should also be considered a serving of plant based foods. Carbohydrates make up the bulk of pizza. And those come exclusively from plants
We know sugar is bad for health. These observational studies are useless unless they can control for sugar and carbohydrate intake as a factor.
But they can, lol
Oh that is great news, can you point me at that epidemical study?
This particular linked study, that is the basis for this thread, limited itself to only unprocessed red meat.
Except that salami is typically made of pork, which isn't a red meat. Most cured meats and sausages are pork based.
Nutritionally speaking pork is a red meat. All mammal meat is red meat, non mammal meat is not.
Just checked and you are right. I'm so used to hearing "Pork, the other white meat" that I mis-understood.
Yeah it was very clever marketing on their part. Don't blame you.
Next you'll tell me that cat's aren't white meat either....