A US study published
in the Archives of Internal Medicine had
shown that eating a portion of processed red meat daily can increased a
person’s risk of dying young.
“This study provides clear evidence that regular consumption
of red meat, especially processed meat, contributes substantially to premature
death,” said Frank Hu, the lead author of the study.
Researchers based their findings from a study involving
37,698 men who were monitored and tracked for 28 years. Subjects answered the
survey form about their eating habits. Those who regularly consumed a
card-deck-sized of unprocessed red meat each day saw a 13 percent higher risk
of dying young than those who did not consume red meat as frequently.
The researchers added that between 7 and 9 percent of all
deaths ”could be prevented if all the participants consumed fewer than 0.5
servings per day of total red meat.”
Previous research published have offered evidence of
processed red meat containing carcinogenic ingredients such as saturated fat,
sodium, nitrites that are linked to many chronic diseases including heart disease
and cancer.
