Linked to all manner of illness and an eco-villain too – meat has an image problem. But the evidence says that smart diners can welcome it back to the menu
BACON causes breast cancer; chops clog your arteries. The headlines are clear – if you care about your health, you shouldn't be eating meat. Once considered the star attraction of a balanced, healthy plate of food, meat is now linked to obesity, heart disease and cancer. Add the environmental concerns over a growing global appetite for meat, and it seems meat should now be an occasional guilty pleasure rather than a daily staple, or so we are told.
Yet the evidence isn't quite as clear-cut as the headlines suggest, and not everyone is convinced of the perils of tucking into a juicy steak. A growing body of research – which is, perhaps unsurprisingly, being championed ...
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