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Processed, red meat linked to diabetes

Author: Hellmich, Nanci

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"Type 2 diabetes has a very strong genetic component, and multiple environmental factors, such as obesity,
physical inactivity and poor diet interact with genetics to increase the risk and accelerate the development of the
disease," says Vivian Fonseca of the American Diabetes Association and a professor of medicine at Tulane.

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Skip the hot dogs, hold the bacon and forget the sausage.
Eating processed meats and red meat regularly increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, a large study shows.
Harvard School of Public Health researchers analyzed dietary-intake data from more than 200,000 people in the
Health Professionals Follow-Up Study and the Nurses' Health Studies. The participants have been tracked for a
decade or more.
The scientists also did a larger analysis, combining their data and that from other published studies to analyze
the diets of 442,101 people. About 28,000 of these people developed type 2 diabetes.
The researchers adjusted for the participants' age, weight, physical activity level, smoking, family history of
diabetes and other dietary and lifestyle factors. Their findings, published online in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition:
A 2-ounce serving a day of processed meat (hot dog, bacon, salami or bologna) increased the risk of diabetes
by 50%.
A 4-ounce serving a day (the size of a deck of cards) of unprocessed red meat such as hamburger, steak, pork
or lamb was associated with a 20% increased risk of diabetes.
Substituting nuts, whole grains and low-fat dairy such as yogurt for a serving a day of these types of processed
or unprocessed meats lowers the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 16% to 35%.
"Clearly, processed meat is much worse than unprocessed meat for raising the risk, but unprocessed red meat
is not benign," says senior author Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of
Public Health.
Hu says the high amount of sodium, nitrites and nitrates in processed meats are potential factors that increase
diabetes risk. With red meat, it may be the high amount of iron, he says. "There are probably other factors in
these meats that contribute to diabetes."
Previous research has linked eating red meat and processed meat to an increased risk of heart disease and
cancer.
Registered dietitian Shalene McNeill, a spokeswoman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, says,
"These are epidemiological studies, and they can't identify cause and effect. They are identifying associations,
and what we know from gold-standard research that does look at cause and effect is that higher protein diets
that include beef are very effective for helping people manage their weight and balance their blood sugars, both
important factors for reducing your risk of developing diabetes."
Diabetes afflicts more than 25 million adults and children in the USA. Most have type 2 diabetes.
"Type 2 diabetes has a very strong genetic component, and multiple environmental factors, such as obesity,
physical inactivity and poor diet interact with genetics to increase the risk and accelerate the development of the
disease," says Vivian Fonseca of the American Diabetes Association and a professor of medicine at Tulane.

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"People who are eating a lot of red meat and processed meat may not be eating as much nuts, beans and fish,
which may be protective" against developing diabetes, he says.
Credit: Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY

Subject: Diabetes; Studies; Nutrition; Epidemiology; Research & development--R & D; Public health;

Company / organization: Name: Harvard School of Public Health; NAICS: 611310;

Publication title: USA TODAY; McLean, Va.

Pages: A.3

Publication year: 2011

Publication date: Aug 11, 2011

Section: NEWS

Publisher: USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.

Place of publication: McLean, Va.

Country of publication: United States

Publication subject: General Interest Periodicals--United States

ISSN: 07347456

Source type: Newspapers

Language of publication: English

Document type: News

ProQuest document ID: 882870039

Document URL: https://search.proquest.com/docview/882870039?accountid=2909

Copyright: (Copyright (c) 2011 USA Today. All Rights Reserved.)

Last updated: 2016-04-23

Database: National Newspapers Premier

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