Limit Processed Meats to Reduce Heart Disease and Diabetes Risks
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Posted on Mar 23, 2010, 6 a.m.
Harvard (US) researchers find that processed meats, such as hot dogs, bacon, sausage and deli meats, increase the risks of heart disease and diabetes.
From a review of data resulting from 20 studies that involved over 1.2 million study subjects, Renata Micha, from Harvard School of Public Health (Massachusetts, USA), found an association between "processed meat," that is -- meat preserved by smoking, curing, salting, or chemical preservatives, and heart disease. The meta-analysis revealed that people who ate processed meats, such as hot dogs, bacon, sausage and deli meats, significantly increased their chances of developing heart disease or diabetes. For every 50-gram (1.8-ounce) serving of processed meat, the risk for heart disease rose 42% and the risk for diabetes increased 19%.
Renata Micha, Sarah K Wallace, Dariush Mozaffaria. Unprocessed Red and Processed Meat: Consumption and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” (Presentation 51). presented at the 50th Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Annual Conference (EPI) / Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism Conference 2010 (NPAM), March 2010.
