India, Oct. 20 -- A healthy lifestyle necessitates one to swap problematic foods in their diet. One such food is red meat. Prior research and expert commentary have highlighted its association with a wide range of health complications. It affects major organs and their functions: gut, brain and heart.

These range from an inflamed gut, as reported in an August 2025 study published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, to accelerated brain ageing by 1.6 years to increase dementia risk, according to a January 2025 study from the journal of Neurology.

Further, even in a previous HT Lifestyle interview from July 2025, a cardiologist warned that red meat can alter lipid profile by raising 'bad' cholesterol (LDL and Triglycerides), leading t...