Reducing the Risk of Diabetes by Reducing the Meat on Your Plate

This massive new meta-analysis may be the most comprehensive evidence yet that eating meat increases your risk of type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 diabetes affects more than half a billion people in the world. Eating meat is associated with an increased risk of diabetes. This massive new study examined that association.

The meta-analysis looked at individual data from 1,966,444 people who had participated in 31 studies. It found that eating 100g a day of red meat increased the risk of diabetes by 18%, eating 50g a day of processed meat increased the risk by 23%, and eating 100g a day of poultry increased the risk by 21%.

When the researchers adjusted for body mass index, all three still increased the risk of diabetes: 10% for red meat, 15% for processed meat, and 8% for poultry.

This study shows that reducing consumption of meat could reduce the risk of diabetes. The results show, once again, the power of diet for your health and how much good health is in your control.

Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 20 August 2024;DOI:10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00179-7.

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