New research published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology has found that meat consumption, particularly processed meat and unprocessed red meat consumption, is associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk, according to an analysis of data from 1.97 million participants.
In a news article published recently by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, the team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge reported:
“…that the habitual consumption of 50 grams of processed meat a day – equivalent to 2 slices of ham – is associated with a 15% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next 10 years. The consumption of 100 grams of unprocessed red meat a day – equivalent to a small steak – was associated with a 10% higher risk of type 2 diabetes.”
They also said:
“ Habitual consumption of 100 grams of poultry a day was associated with an 8% higher risk, but when further analyses were conducted to test the findings under different scenarios the association for poultry consumption became weaker, whereas the associations with type 2 diabetes for each of processed meat and unprocessed meat persisted.”
Source:
News story 21 August 2024
Reference:
Li, C et al. Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: a federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100,000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol.; 20 August 2024