By "may", I meant "is" according to your definition. I am just skeptical of the standard process medical researchers use to determine this stuff (NHST), so used the term "may" as I would regarding anything else.
No it isn't [1]. But both processed meat and excessive consumption red meats have been linked to cancer in some studies [2]. This has also been refuted. [3]
you're 3rd link comes from a person who is so anti-plants its laughable. Almost all of her posts are pro-meat. It seems her livelihood now depends on it.
I didn't cherry pick - they were top result for the query, but neither did I read the sites more widely - It's which I included the search suggestion for alternative sources.
Yeah but processed meat IS linked to cancer.
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/mul...
And last I checked, most Americans have a problem with high cholesterol, not low cholesterol. Americans eat too much meat.