STUDY FINDINGS
Increasing red meat intake during a four-year interval was associated with an elevated risk of T2DM during the subsequent four years.
DETAILS: (from prestigious JAMA Internal Medicine)
The National University of Singapore analyzed data from three Harvard group studies and followed up 26,357 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study; 48,709 women in the Nurses’ Health Study; and 74,077 women in the Nurses” Health Study II.
During more than 1.9 million person-years of follow-up, researchers documented 7,540 incident cases of T2DM.
KEY TAKEAWAY
The results indicate that compared with a group with no change in red meat intake, increasing red meat intake of more than 0.50 servings per day was associated with a 48 percent elevated risk in the subsequent four-year period.
Eat more grains, fruits and vegetables. Limit Meat intake.