Eating 50 grams of processed red meat each day significantly boosts the risk of diabetes, according to a major US study published the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition .
The largest of its kind research, carried out by experts at the Harvard School of Public Health, found that people who ate 50 grams of processed red meat – equal to two slices of bacon, a hot dog or a serving of deli meat – daily had a 51 per cent greater chance of developing type 2 diabetes .
It also revealed that consuming 100g of unprocessed red meat every day increased the likelihood of type 2 diabetes by a fifth (19 per cent).
However, these risks decreased if the red meat was substituted with white meat, nuts, low-fat dairy products or whole grain proteins .
"Clearly, the results from this study have huge public health implications given the rising type 2 diabetes epidemic and increasing consumption of red meats worldwide," said senior author of the study, Frank Hu.
"The good news is that such troubling risk factors can be offset by swapping red meat for a healthier protein."
Data for the study came from a survey of more than 204,000 people in US nurses and health professionals' studies, who were tracked for between 14 and 28 years.
Red Meat Linked To Increased Diabetes Risk
Thu, 11 Aug 2011
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