Research links red meat, processed meat, and possibly poultry to a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and to increased mortality for those who already have it.
The holiday season is upon us, and for many people, meat is the centerpiece of celebratory meals. But eating less of it may do more when it comes to reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and lowering the mortality risk for those who already have the disease.
Reducing unprocessed red meat intake alone by 30% — that is, eating around one less quarter-pound beef burger a week — resulted in more than 732,000 fewer diabetes cases, the study found. The finding that more disease cases were prevented by reducing unprocessed red meat compared with processed meat was due in part to the higher average daily intake of processed vs unprocessed meat , the authors suggested.
Indeed, researchers agree that all findings regarding meat and poultry links to T2D merit additional research as most of the studies, like those mentioned here, are observational and cannot prove cause and effect. Nevertheless, the published studies seem to point in the same direction, and Wareham noted that the federated meta-analysis also included 18 studies with previously unpublished data.
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