What is Red Meat – It refers to all the mammalian muscle meat. It includes beef , pork, mutton, lamb ,goat etc. What is processed meat – It is meat that is not sold fresh in the market . Instead it is transformed through salting , fermentation , smoking , curing or other processes to improve preservation and shelf life . It includes hot dogs, ham, bacon, sausage, and some deli meats. It has been established that eating processed and red meat in large quantity causes colorectal cancer. Continue reading