(P.5 USDA GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY EATING)
The average American consumes 274 pounds of meat per year. We grew up on KFC, pulled pork sandwiches, Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas roasts. We have hot dogs and chicken nuggets and pork chops and sausage (euphemisms for naming the animals themselves).
In 2015, the World Health Organization declared Red Meat as a Group 2A Carcinogenic and Processed Meats as a Group 1 Carcinogenic, meaning that red and processed meat contain carcinogenic chemicals that cause cancers in humans. This is 21st century knowledge we have at our fingertips.
Beef
Pork
Lamb
Veal
Mutton
Boar
Elk
Goat
Horse
Bacon
Deli and Lunch Meats
Ham
Hot dogs
Pepperoni
Salami
Sausages
Chicken Nuggets
Meat-based sauces
Beef Jerky
Corned Beef
Cholesterol and Sat. Fat Content in Animal Products & Whole plant foods