Red meat & diabetes.Men who get more iron from red meat have a higher risk of diabetes, but it's not clear whether the iron or something else in the red meat is to blame.Researchers found a 63 percent higher risk of diabetes in men who got the most iron from red meat (an average of 1.3 milligrams of iron a day) compared with men who got the least (0.2 milligrams a day). The heavy eaters ate the equivalent of five quarter-pound burgers Burgers are hamburgers. Burgers may also refer to:
The researchers found no link between diabetes and the iron in supplements or chicken, fish, or other foods. What to do: Eat only limited quantities of red meat (beef, pork pork, flesh of swine prepared as food, one of the principal commodities of the meatpacking industry. Pork has long been a staple food in most of the world, although religious taboos have limited its use, especially among Jews and Muslims. , and lamb). it's too early to know whether meat promotes diabetes, but other studies have found a higher risk of prostate prostate /pros·tate/ (pros´tat) a gland surrounding the bladder neck and urethra in the male; it contributes a secretion to the semen.prostat´ic pros·tate n. The prostate gland. adj. and colon cancer colon cancer, cancer of any part of the colon (often called the large intestine). Colon cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. in men who consume red meat frequently. |
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