New Study Bucks Previous Research, Says Red Meat Not Linked to Heart Disease

The debate on whether red meat is healthy or harmful has a new talking point, as one study finds no causal link between red or processed meat and heart disease.

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A new study bucks recent trends in health research that say people who eat a lot of red or processed meat face an increased risk of heart disease.

A research team looked at UK Biobank data from over 1.8 million people: roughly 460,000 who ate processed meat, pork, beef, and mutton, respectively. Anyone with a history of cardiovascular disease was omitted from the study.