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bryanlarsenlast Wednesday at 6:56 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't think that's true. Most of that evidence includes bacon and processed red meats in their studies. We're much less confident that unprocessed red meat is unhealthy.


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array_key_firstlast Wednesday at 7:39 PM

We are very confident that high saturated fat causes metabolic disorders, and we're more confident that unprocessed red meat causes cancer than we are there aspartame causes cancer. Which is really saying something, because it seems like in the zeitgeist everyone just thinks diet coke is cancer juice.

Point is, health is complicated, and replacing kale and spinach with cheeseburgers and milkshakes is a bad deal. Ultimately I think most people eat PLENTY of meat. But they certainly don't eat plenty of high-fiber foods like vegetables.

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