Eating red meat may be silently hurting your kidneys. A recently-released study suggests a correlation between consuming red meat and a higher risk of kidney disease. “The study team found that participants who ate the largest amount of red meat had about a 40 percent greater risk of developing kidney failure compared with people consuming the lowest amounts of meat. However, the researchers didn’t find any associations between kidney health and intake of poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products or legumes. In fact, they calculated that substituting some other source of protein for one daily serving of red meat reduced the risk of kidney failure by up to 62 percent.” The study did not directly prove that red meat causes kidney problems but the researchers emphasized moderate red meat consumption.