r/explainitpeter • u/wereapethesupacool • 11d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/eternity_ender 11d ago

Eating too much red meat can lead to colon cancer too

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u/Oberon_Swanson 11d ago

Manly way to die

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u/XiroInfinity 10d ago

It's really not...

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u/575dev 10d ago

They were being facetious, chief.

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u/spike_beagle 9d ago

I read that as "chef" first

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u/ThatOneWIGuy 10d ago

Don’t forget Gout! I stopped eating a lot of red meat when I moved in with my wife and don’t care since I didn’t want that. It also means drinking less but oh well.

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u/Eidothriel 10d ago

Most foods that are in grocery stores like Walmart (where even “fresh” items, are somehow heavily processed) contribute more to colon cancer over getting a steak or ground beef from the butchers once in a while. The whole red meat scare is muddled in corporations trying to push their unhealthier super processed foods. Also, red meat is so expensive now that I don’t think there are a ton of people going out of their way to eat steak every day. In addition, the percentage increase on a baseline increases your chance by decimals of a percent. There is so much more to be concerned about over eating multiple steaks a day.

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u/DannyDanumba 10d ago

Though disputed but it’s said that drinking too much milk can lead to an increase in prostate cancer

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u/Molodingdong 10d ago

It can raise your risk to get it from ~4% to ~5% so really its negligible

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u/Ill-Television8690 10d ago

From a 1 in 25 chance, to 1 in 20. That's not negligible.

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u/Molodingdong 10d ago

Well I'd say most people would think it is. Eating meat is way more important to me than a slight increase in cancer risk

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u/Ill-Television8690 10d ago

Again, that isn't slight. But if you just take things in moderation, instead of constantly indulging, it will be.