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Longevity Doctor Peter Attia Says the Red Meat-Cancer Connection Is Bad Science

Story by Kelsey Kryger, C.P.T.
 

Red meat might not deserve its long-standing reputation as a dietary villain, as Peter Attia, M.D., shared on the Triggernometry podcast recently. 

Attia is a physician specializing in longevity and optimal health, with a background in surgical oncology and nutritional science. As the founder of Early Medical, he focuses on using research to improve lifespan and health. 

Several studies have suggested red meat consumption be linked to colon cancer, diabetes, and other cardiovascular diseases. But, Attia calls this an enduring example of bad science that never dies—especially because epidemiology only identifies associations rather than causations.  

"People consuming red meat and people not consuming red meat tend to be proxies, on average, for very different behaviors," Attia says. 

He explains that people consuming red meat typically eat more processed foods, while people who avoid red meat usually engage in healthier habits, like eating fruits and vegetables or exercising regularly. 

"When you strip all of those things away and you normalize, for say, vegetable consumption, that cancer-causing effect of red meat completely vanishes," he says. 

Plus, not all red meat is created equally. Consuming a highly-processed beef jerky sticks or bacon is far different than eating grass-fed beef, he says. 

Ultimately, the red meat debate is more nuanced than it’s often portrayed. Attia emphasizes that broad generalizations fail to account for critical lifestyle factors, which significantly influence health outcomes.

"When you just compare people who eat red meat versus people who don't, you're going to get that difference in risk," Attia says. "But, when you start to correct for everything—including for servings of vegetables in a day—all of a sudden, the supposed harm of red meat goes away." 

 

ARTICLE SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/longevity-doctor-peter-attia-says-the-red-meat-cancer-connection-is-bad-science/ar-AA1xXlO2?

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Peter Attia normally talks out of his ass, but I am glad he is right at least sometimes. Good on him.

He's been dismissive of the carnivore diet on several occasions, in a very arrgoant and annoying way. He is in the Paul Saladino category for me. A waste of time.

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