Good comments, but your remark “there is absolutely no study. . .” disregards the book titled “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell which authoritatively refutes everything you said about meat. I don’t necessarily agree with the book’s findings, but it is out there and should be well studied by nutrition consultants. Secondly, the “grass fed animals” you refer to are generally unavailable to the typical consumer. Meat from feed lot animals will most likely be loaded with hormones and antibiotics, not to mention being coated with carcinogenic nitrates and nitrites as preservatives. Likewise, pork lard is a healthy fat – but only so long as it has NOT been hydrogenated, which can be somewhat difficult to locate except at health food stores or farmers’ markets. Perhaps the only truly healthy meat is that which you raise and slaughter yourself, and then eat raw.