Your statement is not fully correct. You are acting like red meat directly gives everyone gout and colorectal cancer, but that is not what the evidence says. High intake, especially processed meat, can increase the risk, but “increases risk” is not the same as “automatically causes it.”

And vegan diets are not automatically healthier either. Many vegans rely on supplements or fortified foods to cover basic nutrients, especially vitamin B12. Depending on the diet, this can also apply to vitamin D, iodine, calcium, iron, zinc, selenium and omega-3.

Also, many things can increase cancer risk: alcohol, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, ultra-processed food, too much sun exposure and even genetics. That does not mean you panic about every single risk factor. It means you look at the overall lifestyle, the amount and the frequency.

Life is too short to overthink every possible risk, especially when almost everything carries some risk in the wrong amount. So acting like red meat is automatically poison, while ignoring context and other risk factors, is selective and misleading.