A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine concludes that there is no reason for adults to reduce current levels of unprocessed red meat and process meat consumption. The news is obviously good for the beef, pork, and poultry industries (and, I guess, the lamb industry too, to the benefit of all 27 U.S. sheep farms) but it is causing outrage among scientists and nutritionists. The outrage is supposedly about poor research methods but looks more akin to political posturing and a stuffy resistance to new ideas.  The new study is actually a compilation of multiple, separate research efforts that reviewed existing evidence. The resulting meta-analysis (a “study of studies”) included four systematic reviews focused on...

TAGS – Livestock, North America