How one flawed study terrified millions about eating protein, and why the new evidence changes everything In 2014, a bombshell study hit the headlines: "High protein diet as bad as smoking for middle-aged people." The research, published in the prestigious journal Cell Metabolism , claimed that eating animal protein increased your risk of dying from cancer by a staggering 400% if you were between ages 50-65. The findings were so dramatic that they made international news. Pe