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Red meat consumption associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk
Harvard School of Public Health ^ | October 19, 2023 | Maya Brownstein

Posted on 08/27/2024 8:16:54 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey

People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat fewer servings, and the risk increases with greater consumption, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They also found that replacing red meat with healthy plant-based protein sources, such as nuts and legumes, or modest amounts of dairy foods, was associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

The study was published on Thursday, October 19, in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

“Our findings strongly support dietary guidelines that recommend limiting the consumption of red meat, and this applies to both processed and unprocessed red meat,” said first author Xiao Gu, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Nutrition.

While previous studies have found a link between red meat consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, this study, which analyzed a large number of type 2 diabetes cases among participants being followed for an extended period of years, adds a greater level of certainty about the association.

Type 2 diabetes rates are increasing rapidly in the U.S. and worldwide. This is concerning not only because the disease is a serious burden, but it also is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease, cancer, and dementia.

For this study, the researchers analyzed health data from 216,695 participants from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), NHS II, and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS). Diet was assessed with food frequency questionnaires every two to four years, for up to 36 years. During this time, more than 22,000 participants developed type 2 diabetes.

The researchers found that consumption of red meat, including processed and unprocessed red meat, was strongly associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Participants who ate the most red meat had a 62% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those who ate the least. Every additional daily serving of processed red meat was associated with a 46% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes and every additional daily serving of unprocessed red meat was associated with a 24% greater risk.

The researchers also estimated the potential effects of substituting one daily serving of red meat for another protein source. They found that substituting a serving of nuts and legumes was associated with a 30% lower risk of type 2 diabetes, and substituting a serving of dairy products was associated with a 22% lower risk.

“Given our findings and previous work by others, a limit of about one serving per week of red meat would be reasonable for people wishing to optimize their health and wellbeing,” said senior author Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition.

In addition to health benefits, swapping red meat for healthy plant protein sources would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and provide other environmental benefits, according to the researchers.

Other Harvard Chan School authors included Frank Sacks and Frank Hu.

The NHS, NHS II, and HPFS are supported by the National Institute of Health (grants UM1 CA186107, U01 CA176726, and U01 CA167552).

“Red meat intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective cohort study of US females and males,” Xiao Gu, Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, Frank M. Sacks, Frank B. Hu, Bernard Rosner, Walter C. Willett, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 19, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.08.021


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: antimeatagenda; diabetes; eatingtastyanimals; fakenews; meat; waronmeat
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To: one guy in new jersey

Back in the early in the early 90s someone I knew was diagnosed with type two diabetes. He was given a suggested daily meal plan by a health professional. Listed as a snack was……. Pretzels. This was during the low-fat craze but pretzels are 100% carbs with no protein or fat or fiber or even nutrition.

No wonder the establishment is terrified of RFKjr having any influence in Washington. He said in his speech that when JFK was in office, 6% of American adults had chronic diseases. Now the number is many times greater than that. I forget exactly what number he said, but it is huge.

Big Pharma does not get rich when people adjust their diet to eliminate type two diabetes.


61 posted on 08/27/2024 8:47:11 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: Mr Rogers

Good write-up, saved me the trouble. Junk Science.


62 posted on 08/27/2024 8:47:29 AM PDT by PsyCon
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To: Mr Rogers

Processed meat like hot dogs and sausages often have sugar and/or milk powder (lactose)


63 posted on 08/27/2024 8:48:29 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: one guy in new jersey
BTW, we all remember the old sayings about how important breakfast was and how a child shouldn't be sent to school on an empty stomach.

It was Kellogg's that advocated for the importance of breakfast, particularly for children. Kellogg's has run various campaigns emphasizing the importance of eating breakfast to start the day well, often highlighting how it can affect children's performance in school.

All bullshiite.

Carbohydrates actually cause brain fuzziness (the famous carbohydrate hangover) and fasting makes the brain clearer.

64 posted on 08/27/2024 8:48:51 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Thinking is difficult. And painful. That’s why many people accept what they're told by the media.)
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To: DannyTN

Actually, there’s a new discovery about C15 a fatty acid found in butter and red meat. And a deficiency in that allows iron build up that may be associated with diabetes type 2, if I recall correctly. So red meat could be related due to iron but insufficient butter seems to be the culprit.”

Diabetes does not run in my family. The only person I have ever known who got type 2 did not eat a lot of red meat but he always used margarine as opposed to butter.


65 posted on 08/27/2024 8:50:50 AM PDT by angry elephant (Been with Trump since huge 2016 Washington state rally in May.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

Do exactly what the usual government approved “experts” recommend when it comes to diet.

My husband’s glucose levels go UP when he eats anything high in carbs or with added sugar (I swear added sugars are our nation’s legal cocaine).

His levels stabilize when he eats proteins and fresh vegetables and fruits (not frozen canned or processed). Meals such as eggs and bacon or steak are the best diet. Any processed foods are the worst.


66 posted on 08/27/2024 8:54:20 AM PDT by CFW
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

“I would rather be governed by the first 2,000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty,”

William F. Buckley, Jr.


67 posted on 08/27/2024 8:57:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: one guy in new jersey

68 posted on 08/27/2024 9:00:08 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: angry elephant

During and after World War II, our government told us that margarine was much healthier for us than butter. It was a lie and they knew it.


69 posted on 08/27/2024 9:00:57 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

¡Sí pueden


70 posted on 08/27/2024 9:04:34 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: mewzilla

Yep.


71 posted on 08/27/2024 9:04:58 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey
Red meat causes type II diabetes, eh? That's their story? Nothing to do with highly-processed carbs, seed oils, high-fructose corn sweeteners?

That's their play?

"It's a bold move Cotton, let's see how it works out for them."

72 posted on 08/27/2024 9:05:05 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: CFW

Thx


73 posted on 08/27/2024 9:05:20 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

The war on beef is eternal. 🙄


74 posted on 08/27/2024 9:06:04 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: kaktuskid

So sausage is a problem from a carb perspective?

Or from a “processed foods” perspective?

It’s commonly available (usually sausage and peppers) at supermarket hot bars.


75 posted on 08/27/2024 9:08:03 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Trump and RFK Jr. will need to end that.


76 posted on 08/27/2024 9:08:41 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: absalom01

Yeah.

Not buyin’ it either.


77 posted on 08/27/2024 9:09:17 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

What BS...Oh, and get all your vaxxes too.


78 posted on 08/27/2024 9:10:31 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: Bobbyvotes

That’s not how I did it, but I have been doing the 16 hour fasting for several months now.

Back in 2016 I decided to get healthy as I was beginning to experience type 2 symptoms and wasn’t feeling very well.

After some research, I went the method of “resetting” my hunger trigger and insulin production.

I ate a simple salad with just lettuce for 3 straight weeks. This was exceptionally difficult, but I stuck to it.

At this point, I still needed to shed a lot of weight, but I was already feeling better, and my appetite was no longer constant and persistent. This pretty much ended all of the type 2 symptoms I was feeling.

After those 3 weeks, I started a Keto diet and the weight more or less melted off of me.

Type 2 symptoms haven’t returned, and I’m doing my best to keep the weight off.

Best thing I ever did for my health.


79 posted on 08/27/2024 9:11:45 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: goodnesswins

Yep.

And, nope!

Except the shingles vaccine thingy.

Don’t want them shingles.


80 posted on 08/27/2024 9:12:15 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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