[Dalewyn]

The keyword is a diet high in red meat. As it turns out, too much (or too little) of anything can kill you.

As an example: Drinking too much dihydrogen monoxide can kill you.

[toomuchtodo]

> A recent study shows that on any given day, just 12% of people in the US account for half of all beef consumed in the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/20/beef-usd...

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/17/3795

[loeg]

I think it's correlation -- people who eat a lot of red meat tend to eat a lot in general -- so it's just a proxy for obesity. That's the usual problem with studies of high protein diets, anyway.

[hombre_fatal]

Huh? Every study is going to have a variable adjustment for obesity.

[gerad]

Well not if you cut it with an appropriate amount of chloride and sodium.