Eating Even 2 Servings Of Red Meat A Week Could Significantly Raise Your Risk Of Diabetes. 10 Protein-Packed Alternatives That Can Boost Your Health—And The Planet’s
Fortune Well October 21, 2023
Lifestyle
Fortune Well October 21, 2023
Lifestyle
Eating more than one serving of red meat per week may significantly increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
That’s according to a study published Thursday in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers from the T.H. Chan School of Public Medicine at Harvard University analyzed health data collected from nearly 220,000 participants over 36 years. During that time, nearly 10% of participants developed type 2 diabetes.
When researchers reviewed participants’ eating habits, they found that those who ate the most red meat had a 62% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes when compared to those who ate the least amount of red meat.
That may be because cooking meats at high heat can produce chemicals like heterocyclic aromatic amines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and advanced glycation end products—all of which are known carcinogens, increase inflammation, or reduce insulin sensitivity, according to the authors of the 2018 article.
If you’re wondering what to eat instead, there are plenty of options.
Everyone should aim to eat 50 grams of protein per day, based on a 2,000 calorie diet, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But the agency encourages people to vary the sources of their protein, and to choose a variety of the following:
The good news for people: Substituting one daily serving of red meat with nuts or legumes should lower your type 2 diabetes risk by 30%. Consuming protein from dairy sources instead results in a 22% reduced risk, authors of the latest study found.
And for the planet: Choosing healthy plant protein sources instead of red meat reduces greenhouse gas emissions and slows climate change, researchers added.
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