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Bacon & blood sugar.


Women who ate bacon bacon, flesh of hogs—especially from the sides, belly, or back—that has been preserved by being salted or pickled and then dried with or without wood smoke.  at least twice a week had a 17 percent higher risk--and those who ate hot dogs that frequently had a 24 percent higher risk--of diabetes diabetes or diabetes mellitus (məlī`təs), chronic disorder of glucose (sugar) metabolism caused by inadequate production or use of insulin, a hormone produced in specialized cells (beta cells in the islets of  than those who ate the meats less than once a week, says a new study that followed more than 37,000 women for nine years.

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 too early to say whether bacon or hot dogs promotes diabetes. But unless you buy lower-fat brands, the saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be  in those meats does promote heart disease.

Diabetes Care 27:2108, 2004.
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Title Annotation:Quick Studies
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Nov 1, 2004
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