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Moderate evidenceFifty grams more poultry a day tracked with 11% lower colorectal cancer incidence in observational studies — but not lower mortality. And the tryptophan story does not survive the arithmetic.

Meat
Moderate evidencePer 100 g: 16.6 µg of B12, 588 µg of folate, 8.99 mg of iron. And 3,300 µg of retinol — one plate is over the adult daily ceiling of 3,000 µg.

Meat
Moderate evidence2.31 µg of B12, 3.41 mg of zinc, 18.8 µg of selenium. And it is red meat — one analysis puts colorectal cancer risk 14% higher per 100 g a day.

Meat
Nutrition dataMore than half of duck fat is unsaturated. That argument, however, assumes you have removed the skin.

Meat
Nutrition dataPork carries more than eight times the thiamine of beef. Which cut you choose decides the fat you get with it.

Meat
Nutrition dataBeef's heme iron absorbs at 15–35%, against 2–20% for non-heme iron from foods like spinach. The real questions are the cut and whether it is processed.

Meat
Moderate evidence31 g of protein and 3.6 g of fat per 100 g. Almost no everyday food beats it on protein per calorie.