Who said it causes cancer?
I've always heard clogged arteries and heart disease, but I've never heard cancer.
Discussion
Clogged arteries and heart disease cause by read meat was proven to be a lie as well. That's from what I read (though I'll still need to look into that claim).
Red meat doesn't cause gout either.
The classic wisdom about the kings getting gout from all the meat they ate, was likely caused by all the wine and beer instead