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It's advised to limit red meat consumption to 3 ounces a day, for a total of 21 ounces per week.
Arguably, no food has caused as big of a stir for as long of a time in both medical and culinary circles as red meat.
Although most studies indicate that curbing consumption of red meat is beneficial to health, the Annals of Internal Medicine published some controversial guidelines about the topic back in October 2019, arguing that meat-eaters are almost incapable of dietary change and should therefore be allowed to continue eating medically unadvised amounts of the protein.
Still, the World Health Organization has classified processed meat as a carcinogen and red meat as a probable one. Studies of all sorts have pointed to the major medical drawbacks associated with Americans’ propensity to overeat red meat.