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. Key Research Outcomes
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.
This is a survey over 30 years, not a controlled experiment. Of course people who eat processed red meat will be more prone to diabetes.
What do people drink with hamburgers? Soda.
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They didn’t describe the overall diets of participants who ate the most meat. Can’t we also come to conclusion that people who can afford large amounts of red meat, also eat a lot of other food; thus, causing diabetes?
Another epidemiology study on diet, imo a waste of time and money. We should be doing proper clinical trials so we can see actual causation, but no they are too difficult or expensive so we waste it on these types of studies over and over again.
I dont think we have time for another 36 year study. Other reasearch had similar results. Diabetes is also not the only problem with meat. Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production.
I think you’re missing the point of my comment.
This study doesn’t show that red meat causes diabetes, an epi study can’t show causation, there could be 1000s of reasons why the people in the data developed diabetes which is why these types of studies are mostly meaningless (except to find new areas to be studied further with for example clinical trials)and shouldn’t be used to form guidelines for diet.
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Most studies in the past 40 years.
Chocolate could lower heart pressure.
Wine could lower weight.
True or not, I don’t mind eating less red meat, wouldn’t hurt to do so.
And walking half a mile lowers it, so do a few laps of the garden before your BBQ and you are golden
Lol. As if anyone can afford to eat red meat anymore.
I only eat poultry anyway. The fat of red meat taste bad.
If the marbling is bad or you cook it wrong. You can cook chicken wrong too. That’s not really a reason to dislike red meat.
I was referring to lamb and mutton meat. Beef is too expensive. It’s basically goat meat but lite. Goat meat or more precisely goat fat will make you puke from the smell alone.
…what?
Have you tasted any red meat other than beef ? The smell/taste of cooking goat fat/meat is nauseating.
Have you ever heard the term acquired taste?
I’ve personally witnessed a middle-eastern coworker almost vomit when trying my countries most loved curd based dessert.
Have you heard of century egg or surströmming?
I’m not a fan of goat but large part of the world finds it delicious. Just because you don’t like the taste or smell of something doesn’t make it objectively bad tasting.
Red meat/fat taste bad for me.
Beef can and does taste good but is relatively expensive . Lamb meat is the most famous here and is used with most dishes. I absolutely distaste it and anything cooked with it but everyone i know like it’s taste. I have only vague memories of my grandma ever cooking goat meat once or twice and yet I can tell you that the smell was repugnant and I had to leave the house.
century egg or surströmming
I know them both and I also know of soup made of the half-digested shit from a freshly butchered sheep? or cow? Being prepared in China ( at least according to the video of the guy preparing it). And all of these likely smells horribly. All I said was that goat meat smells/ taste bad. I didn’t say you shouldn’t eag it because of that.
Goat is wonderfull. Maybe you just get shitty goats.
Lol most of the comments are meat eaters justifying eating meat.
