date:Mar 14, 2012
and legumes, low-fat dairy and whole grains), for one serving per day of red meat were associated with a 7% to 19% lower mortality risk.
We also estimated that 9.3% of deaths in men and 7.6% in women in these cohorts could be prevented if all the individuals consumed fewer than 0.5 servings per day (approximately 42g/day) of red meat.
But the results were disputed by Dr Carrie Ruxton of the British Meat Advisory Panel. Dr Ruxton told The Guardian newspaper: The study was observational, not co