Meat Linked To Cancer & Heart Disease

"Eating large amounts of red or processed meat increases the risk of dying, new research involving more than half a million people shows.

The sheer size and quality of the study has led the Canadian Cancer Society to say it will be lowering its recommended limit on the amount of red and processed meats people should consume.

The group now recommends limiting red meat to 500 grams, or 18 ounces per week, to reduce the risk of cancer.

The new study found men and women who eat about four ounces of red meat per day — the equivalent of a small steak or quarter-pound of meat — had a higher risk for overall death, and dying from heart disease or cancer than those who ate less than one ounce of red meat daily."

ORIGINAL SOURCE: canada.com