There is a link between the meat you eat and a chronic disease, according to new research
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Regularly eating red and processed meats in particular is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new global study.
Worried about your type 2 diabetes risk? You might want to look at the kinds of meat you are eating, according to a new study.
Regularly eating red and processed meats in particular is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to an analysis of data from 31 study cohorts published Tuesday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
The study is the most comprehensive to date showing the link between processed meat and unprocessed red meat with type 2 diabetes, said senior study author Dr. Nita Forouhi, professor of population health and nutrition at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, in an email.
Type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition that occurs when your blood sugar is regularly too high, is the most common type of diabetes, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. If not managed, type 2 diabetes can lead to problems including heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.
There are more questions about meat that need to be asked, such as the risk from poultry and the possible effects of different cooking methods, said Dr. Hilda Mulrooney, reader in nutrition and health at London Metropolitan University, in a news release. She was not involved in the study.
But the new research does line up with current nutritional guidelines that recommend lowering meat consumption, Mulrooney said.
The study was observational, so the researchers couldn’t conclude that the consumption of meat was the direct cause of the diabetes, Mulrooney said.
