I would think that folks on hi-protein/low-carb diets are already at risk for T2D, & that’s why they started that form of diet.
I suspect people who eat a lot of red meat, on the standard American diet, also eat lots of bread. And potatoes. And rice. And cake and fries and muffins...
I strongly suspect it has ZERO to do with “red meat” because people who DO eat a lot of red meat on a carnivore diet reverse Type 2 diabetes and have far less risk - due to carrying far less weight, having low insulin response levels, etc.
We do not need to look at 100,000 people on a standard American/European diet to see the impact of meat on health. To see it, all we need to do is look at people on a carnivore diet. If red meat is an issue, it WILL turn up there.
If it doesn’t then it isn’t the meat.
I’m SOOOO tired of the stupidity of research based on databases. It is just a cheap way to slap together a paper and get a headline.
This ranks up there with people claiming those who don’t eat lots of fiber never poop. We KNOW the answer, folks...