# Red meat badness

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/red-meat-badness/13957>\
**Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [September 28, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/red-meat-badness/13957 "2023-09-28T21:47:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![skin\_in\_the\_game](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@skin\_in\_the\_game](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/skin_in_the_game)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/red-meat-badness/13957/1 "2023-09-28T21:47:32Z")

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Hi Jordan! I read your story earlier, it’s disappeared now but IIRC you said that you don’t eat red meat at home anymore and limit consumption to 2x/week. My question is whether red meat is being limited as it would lead you to over consume saturated fat, or whether there’s something else inherently harmful about red meat itself?

I do a lot of vertical diet meals when I’m making meal prep for myself, I know you’re not a fan but they sit well with me and make it a lot easier to get down the amount of food I have to eat just to maintain. I do have a bunch of other meals too but between those and some bacon now and then I’m eating red meat on average 2x/day.

Obviously more than recommended, but I’m using 95/5 beef and my calories from saturated fat are never more than 10% of my daily totals. I pretty much check all the other boxes you promote too - fibre, sugar, activity, waist etc are all in line. So is this red meat really gonna kill me?

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/red-meat-badness/13957/2 "2023-09-29T14:23:20Z")

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Short answer: I’m not sure. At best, it’s neutral. At worst, it increases risk of a few diseases. I think it’s worthwhile for most people to limit red meat consumption to 3 times per week or less.

Long answer: [The Science of Red Meat and Health | Barbell Medicine](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/the-science-of-red-meat-and-health/)