Just 2 Servings of Red Meat Per Week Raises Your Diabetes Risk
Just 2 Servings of Red Meat Per Week Raises Your Diabetes Risk
Think twice about ordering that double cheeseburger, salami on rye or juicy T-bone.
The article doesn't specifically state it, but it does appear to indicate that the relationship is correlative and not due to direct causation. This makes sense and shouldn't be surprising.
71To that end, I think it's probably a reasonable guess that people who specifically avoid red meat are people who are generally more intentional about their diet and eat healthier.
I'm not a doctor by any means, but I also struggle to imagine what the obvious mechanism would be. The fat may contribute to atherosclerosis, but that's not diabetes. Red meat does tend to be prepared in ways that yield relatively high calories, so it could just be a matter of general obesity as well.
I'd really want to see a calorie-controlled study comparing chicken and red meat, but that's logistically not remotely simple.
Edit: Actually reading the article, I see there's apparently a link between the saturated fat and insulin resistance, but I still wonder to what extent that link simply comes from excessive calories and how problematic it is if your diet isn't excessively caloric. I'm seeing that apparently around 86 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight.
20People that can afford to eat red meat at that rate are probably from western developed countries and they are likely to get diabetes for the lifestyle and the rest of their diet too. Co-occurrence doesn't imply causation ("post hoc ergo propter hoc" logical fallacy) as stated in previous comments... Seems the usual mantra we've been reading for years in clickbait titles, always disproven afterwards. Medical recommendations for diet and RDAs don't change.
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The finding aligns with all the science reviewed for the book How Not To Die. For details, see the summary video by the same doctor.
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-diet-for-diabetes/
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This is a highly suspect conclusion, and is discredited by the lack of control for variables and comprehensive nutrient/lifestyle analysis in this study, and by study I mean the analysis of undefined questionnaires some people filled out over a period of three decades.
36Not really, a lot of other science already pointed in the same direction.
-9The same hemisphere maybe, but not really the same direction.
That video rhetorically asks whether plant-based diets are healthier for type 2 diabetes than literally the unhealthiest meat-based diets in an unhealthy country. Their groundbreaking conclusion is yes.
Not really the same as saying that by virtue of questionnaires, without any qualifiers or controlled data, that eating two servings of red meat raises your risk of type 2 diabetes by 62%.
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That's typical sugar industry propaganda.
18I should have been diabetic by last week if this shit were true
18I think that's not how statistics works.
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Seems like a quality article considering it says "according to a new study." and links the words "new study" back to the same article. Where's the paper?
17It doesn't link to the study. At least two relevant-seeming links, both link to the same page you're already on. Wut.
10So have at least 3 servings then?
8Jokes on them. I already have diabetes.
7I'm here for a good time, not a long time
6I don’t think diabetes is a good time, but I get what you are saying. Life is long and living with an illness is a bummer.
5Animal suffering is just too funny.
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2It can be
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Probably not statistically significant at all...
2So I should eat 1.9 servings?
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Yea, but... bacon.
-1Bacon isn't red meat, but pairs nicely with it
0Someone better tell the USDA that then: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/meat/bacon-and-food-safety
Is bacon "red" meat? "Bacon" can only be made from pork bellies, which are red meat by definition. Pork is classified as "livestock," and all livestock are considered "red meat." Bacon can also be made from other species of livestock (e.g., beef) and poultry (e.g., turkey). These types of bacon products require a descriptive name such as, "Beef Bacon-Cured and Smoked Beef Plate" and "Turkey Bacon-Cured Turkey Thigh Meat."
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Don't eat meat peasants, eat bugs, don't question authority, accept mass surveillance, be addicted to social media.
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