Red Meat

Bite-Sized Medicine

Controversy is everywhere when it comes to meat intake in general, particularly processed meats and red meats. Let us review the evidence and quality/bias of study concerns that may help physicians make more reliable recommendations.

Resources:

1. Eat Less Red Meat, Scientists Said. Now Some Believe That Was Bad Advice. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/health/red-meat-heart-cancer.html
2. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of glioma in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621656/
3. Meat subtypes and their association with colorectal cancer: Systematic review and meta‐analysis. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ijc.29423
4. Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes. Annals of Internal Medicine.
5. Patterns of Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Risk for Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cohort Studies. https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2752327/patterns-red-processed-meat-consumption-risk-cardiometabolic-cancer-outcomes-systematic
6. Here's The Real Truth About That Confusing Red Meat Study. https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-the-real-truth-about-that-confusing-red-meat-study
7. Is it safe to Increase consumption of Red Meat? KCRW’s Second Opinion. https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444879/k-c-r-w-s-second-opinion