Red Meat Isn’t Giving Us All Cancer
Why you probably don’t need to worry about switching your steak for chicken
Our society has a complicated relationship with red meat. On the one hand, there are few things more delicious than the elegant simplicity of a perfectly cooked steak. On the other, we feel like there absolutely has to be something unhealthy about a large cut of meat, dripping butter, even if you eat the blanched green beans on the side.
Also, there’s the environmental impact to consider.
Which means that every time a study comes out that shows that red meat might be bad for us, we leap on it with a delightful abandon. This week has been no different — according to news media from across the world, red meat is causing breast cancer. The only way to prevent it? Switch your steak for chicken breast!
Fortunately for the steak-lovers out there, the story isn’t quite as simple as that. Red meat might not always be good for your health — although that’s a very complicated question — but there’s probably no need to worry about it causing breast cancer just yet.
