Thread by @GidMK

Was reminded of this old blog recently - scare stories about red meat and cancer are still all too common

gidmk.medium.com/red-meat-isnt-…

There's a reasonable basis for arguing that at a population level there might be some reduction in cancer rates if people stopped eating PROCESSED red meat

Less strong is the argument that eating non-processed red meat might impact cancer rates - even if there is some reduction, it would be pretty modest at a population level

But at an individual level, the arguments get really bad indeed. If you entirely cut out red meat from your diet, the evidence suggests it'll reduce your absolute risk of cancer in the next 10 years by (generally) less than 0.1%