Doctors waffle because of link with cancer.

My guess would be that the processed meats would also be the culprit there and not the unprocessed. Just like eggs used to be bad for you until they weren't. However, if one is at risk for heart disease and/or diabetes, it would still be wise to also limit fresh red meat intake and put the emphasis on cold water fish such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, etc.

This does explain something to me, though. I'm guided a lot by intuition. My intuition told me to continue eating eggs even when they were being dissed by the medical community. My intuition has guided me for some time to go ahead and eat fresh red meat (emphasizing fish consumption, though) but severely limiting hot dogs and other processed meats.

These are my opinions only, though, and not valid scientifically.