Red Meat Study

Study findings by U.S. researchers published this week in the British Medical Journal states that eating large amounts of red meat can increase the risk for breast cancer. In tracking 88 thousand women between the ages of 26 to 45 from 1991 to 2011 and monitoring what they ate and how many contracted breast cancer in that time study researchers came to the conclusion that “higher red meat intake in early adulthood may be a risk factor for breast cancer”. Many British scientists have responded by saying that “most other studies have not shown any link between breast cancer and red meat”, one going so far as to say that “the available evidence indicates that red meat consumption has little or no effect on breast cancer risk, so results from a single study cannot be considered in isolation.” A cancer expert at the University of Oxford points out that vegetarians don’t have a lower risk of breast cancer than meat eaters. It has been said many times by doctors, dietitians, and researchers alike, that a well balance diet and eating and drinking in moderation is by far the best approach to living a healthy lifestyle.