Does meat cause cancer?
Last October, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a two-page report entitled “Carcinogenicity of Consumption of Red and Processed Meat,” warning the planet that processed meat definitely causes colorectal cancer in humans, and that red meat “probably” causes colorectal cancer in humans. The report listed a total of 20 scientific references. WHO’s frightening anti-meat proclamation made headlines worldwide and had a major impact on how people think about meat and health. While plenty of pro-meat critiques of the WHO report have been published, the majority of those I read took the WHO’s findings at face value and emphasized that the statistical risk associated with eating processed and red meat is very small.
I strongly disagree. I read the report and all of the experimental studies cited in the report. I found no scientific evidence to support the WHO’s anti-meat cries, and I think it is important to set the record straight.



I actually wrap my burgers in iceberg lettuce (inb4 “crunchy water”), because I prefer them that way. Nothing to do with health, I just don’t like bread very much. I’m not a zero carb person, I eat French toast every Monday. But I don’t like bread if it’s not smothered in eggs and milk before I fry it in oil.