Eating Red Meat Will Kill You, Says Science

Sorry meat eaters, but your addiction to the flesh is killing you. According to a new study, called Meat and You: Partners In Freedom Red Meat Consumption and Mortality, eating any type of red meat significantly increases the risk of premature death.

The study zeroed in on the eating habits and health of more than 110,000 adults for a 28 year period. According to the LA Times, which dissected the study, "adding just one 3-ounce serving of unprocessed red meat—picture a piece of steak no bigger than a deck of cards—to one's daily diet was associated with a 13% greater chance of dying during the course of the study... adding an extra daily serving of processed red meat, such as a hot dog or two slices of bacon, was linked to a 20% higher risk of death during the study." (Cue the end of the bacon-on-everything fad.)

[link to gothamist.com]