“Want to live longer? Cut back on red meat”

We all know if it’s posted on CNN.com then it must be true, right?

www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/23/healthmag.red.meat.lifespan/index.html

“Over a 10-year period, people who ate the most red meat every day (about 62.5 grams per 1,000 calories per day, equivalent to a quarter-pound burger or small steak per day) had about a 30 percent greater risk of dying compared with those who consumed the least amount of red meat (a median of 9.8 grams per 1,000 calories per day). The excess mortality was mostly the result of cardiovascular disease and cancer.”

But wait, here’s how they apparently defined red meat:   “The red meat in the study included all types of beef and pork, including bacon, cold cuts, ham, hamburgers, hot dogs, and steak, as well as meat in pizza, chili, lasagna, and stew.”

…Cold cuts, bacon, hot dogs, ham, meat on pizza!! Red Meat? What are your thoughts?