I read about this study recently below
I appreciate this is one study but my conclusions from Reading it that in terms of meat consumption no processed and white meat (chicken and turkey) is best. In addition follow this advice from Dr Helen Crocker Assistant Director of Research and Policy at World Cancer Research Fund International.
‘“to increase your overall protection from cancer, our advice is to build meals around wholegrains, pulses, fruit and vegetables, and avoid processed meat and limit red meat.”
Is this too simplified? It makes sense to me but posting it to see if I am looking into the study too much
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Hi there!
We would sign on with increasing plant-based food consumption and reducing both processed and red meat consumption for most. People who like a steak every now and again will understandably be upset with this, though that is not the person we’re talking about. Instead, it’s the standard Western diet, where most of the red meat comes in the form of hamburgers and processed foods. Still, steak everyday is generally not a good idea and we could all use more plants 
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-Jordan
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Hi Jordan,
I did read this after finding some time and I won’t lie I didn’t understand all of it. However it seems to me interesting that if your follow the four summary points and the end of the article that it mentions not to worry essentially over reducing red meat and dietary fat. On account of my autism spectrum disorder it takes me a while to process things but I’ learning through barbell medicine that is rarely a ever yea or no answer, which sometimes I need but is not realistic.
It seems though meat consumption may extremely slowly be on the way out. The original title for this post was “Is it over for Meat Eaters” but it felt a bit over the top. I notice in the red meat article unless I misread that it said it doesn’t matter much where dietary protein comes from even if it’s plant based. Does anything at barbell medicine think plant eating is the future (spoken as a meat eater who has certain cultural ways of cooking dinner)?
We think most people would benefit from consuming more plant-based foods, to include plant-based proteins. We don’t think that moving to vegan or vegetarian dietary patterns should be the ideal, as animal-based foods can still be part of a health promoting dietary pattern.