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Item #8.
Processed Meats Increases
Diabetes Risk
Eat Meat 5
times a week increases risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Eating a
diet high in processed meats increases the risk of developing type
2 diabetes in men, according to research published in Diabetes
Care.
The
researchers followed 42,504 US male participants of the Health
Professionals Follow-Up Study aged 40-75 years. The participants
were free of diagnosed diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and
cancer at the beginning of the study. Diet was assessed by a
validated food frequency questionnaire. During 12 years of
follow-up, 1,321 cases of type 2 diabetes were diagnosed.
The
frequent consumption of processed meats two to four times a week
had a 35% increased risk of diabetes, and those who ate processed
meat five times or more a week had a 46% increased risk of
diabetes. Men with diets rich in linoleic acid were 26% less
likely to develop diabetes. Reference:Van Dam RM et al.
Dietary fat and meat intake in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes
in men. Diabetes Care 2002; 25: 417-24.
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Did You Know:
In a study
of 700 retired men, researchers found that men who walked more
than 2 miles per day were twice as likely to outlive men who
walked less than one mile per day. Twelve years after the start
of the study, 76% of the most active men were still alive while
43% of the men who walked less than one mile per day had died.
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