Eating Red Meat Daily Increases Risk of Dying Young, Says Study

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.

Diesel Exhaust Can Cause Cancer - WHO

The World Health Organization rules on Tuesday that diesel fumes are  classified as carcinogen substances. The ruling also said that diesel exhaust is a public health comparable to the risk if people are exposed to second hand smoke.

According to Kurt Straif, director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, "It's on the same order of magnitude as passive smoking...This could be another big push for countries to clean up exhaust from diesel engines."

The last time IARC declared the status of diesel fumes was in 1989 when it was categorized a "probable" carcinogen. Raising the status of diesel exhaust to carcinogenic puts it into the same category as other known hazards such as asbestos, alcohol and ultraviolet radiation.