United States: The experts who have collected the data from the different countries which involves almost 1.97 million people across almost 20 countries which includes Europe, the Americans, eastern Mediterranean, south-east Asia and the Western Pacific say that the results support recommendations to limit the consumption of the processed and red meat.
Their findings are mainly published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
Largest Study Yet
As reported by The Guardian, Prof Nita Forouhi, of the University of Cambridge, a senior author of the study, said: “Our research is now the largest and strongest evidence for an association between processed meat and unprocessed red meat consumption and having a higher future risk for type 2 Diabetes allowing recommendations for the limiting of processed meat and unprocessed red meat diets for the prevention of type 2 diabetes. ”
By using InterConnect, the project funded by the European Union for type 2 diabetes and obesity, authors scrutinise 31 study groups.
Key Findings
They discovered daily intake of 50g of processed meat, one and a half portions of ham, increased type 2 diabetes risk by 15% in the coming 10 years.
People who ate 100g of unprocessed red meat daily – the same as a small steak – had a 10% higher risk of the disease.
Poultry consumption was defined by the frequency and quantity and habitual consumption of 100g of poultry a day entailed an 8% increased risk. When additional analyses were performed to assess the results under various conditions making the association for poultry consumption decrease the association with type 2 diabetes for processed meat as well as for unprocessed red meat remained significant, as shown by the investigators.
“While our findings provide more comprehensive evidence on the association between poultry consumption and type 2 diabetes than was previously available, the link remains uncertain and needs to be investigated further,” Forouhi said.
Health Guidelines
In the United Kingdoms the NHS advises those eating more than almost 90 grams of meat such as Beef, lamb, mutton, pork, veal, venison and goat or even the processed meat such as sausages, bacon, specifically ham and the salami and corned beef a day to almost cut down to 70 grams or less than that.
The Interconnect data which allows the research team to more easily account for different factor such as lifestyle or health behaviours that may affect the association between the meat consumption and diabetes the researchers said.
The lead authorDr Chuxiao Li, also of the University Cambridge said that while previous studies had polled almost together existing results the. New analysis gathered the data from the individuals.