What we are really eating... at least in the U.S.

[Monica]

Eating of meat isn't the main cause of heart disease. Much worse for the body, are easily metabolizable carbohydrates. The worst culprit is high-fructose corn syrup,

Apparently, there is more than one 'main' cause of heart disease. I agree that refined sugar is also very deadly. It's a tossup as to which is worse, meat or sugar!

Although, many vegetarians still eat a lot of refined sugar, and even after that is accounted for, they still have a lot lower risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. So research suggests that, while refined sugar is indeed harmful, meat increases the risk even beyond refined sugar. In other words, when a group of meat-eaters and a group of vegetarians are both studied for heart disease risk, and their refined sugar consumption is the same, the meat-eaters still have a higher risk of heart disease.

Refined sugar is not to be confused with natural sugars found in fruit.

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Same concept as you are portraying in regards to fats and oils.

I've seen studies that indicate any meat, whether lean or not, red or white, still increases the risk of cancer. This study suggests that red meat increases the risk more than white meat, but what it's not saying is that white meat increases the risk more than no meat.

Also, the cholesterol is the same in white and red meat, as your next quote indicates.