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Eating processed meat boosts diabetes risk by 40 percent

Wednesday, December 02, 2009 by: Paul Louis, staff writer

_http://www.naturalnews.com/027636_processed_meat_diabetes.html_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/027636_processed_meat_diabetes.html)

 

 

A report based on data from 12 pooled cohort studies on heavy meat diets

was led by Dagfinn Aune from the University of Oslo and published in the

journal Diabetologia. The study determined that the high intake of processed

meat may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 41

percent.

 

 

This new meta-analysis was conducted jointly from Norway and the US. The

general conclusions of the study suggested that: " High intake of total meat

increased the risk of diabetes by 17 percent, while red meat and processed

meat were associated with 21 and 41 percent increases in diabetes risk. "

 

 

One of the primary purposes of this study was to resolve, " . . .

inconsistencies from previous studies which found both positive and negative

associations between meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes. "

 

 

Barry Popkin from the University of North Carolina described the study as

" excellent' and he went on to say that it " reiterates the concerns echoed

in other major reviews and studies on the adverse effects of excessive meat

intake " .

 

 

The higher rate of diabetes risk from processed meats can be attributed to

the nitrates used as preservatives. Other studies have documented that

nitrates cause beta cell toxicity. Beta cells are involved with the production

of insulin. Consequently, their ability to produce insulin is blocked by

nitrate induced toxicity.

 

 

Animal model studies proved that low doses of nitrosamine streptozotocin

induced type 2 diabetes. Nitrosamines are formed by the nitrates interacting

with amino acids in the stomach.

 

 

Earlier studies have documented negative health consequences with heavy

meat eating. The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) has warned that " . . .

high intakes of red and processed meats may raise the risk of lung and

colorectal cancer by up to 20 percent. " And the World Cancer Research Fund has

reported a direct link to cancer with alcohol, red and processed meats. They

also found that heavy red and processed meat eaters risked earlier death.

 

 

Sources for this article include:

 

_http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Meat-linked-to-increased

-diabetes-risk-Meta-analysis_

(http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Science-Nutrition/Meat-linked-to-increased-dia\

betes-risk-Meta-analysis)

 

 

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cell_

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_cell)

 

 

 

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