Red Meat Linked to Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk! Type 2 diabetes is spreading like an epidemic around the world, and now the main reason for it has been discovered.
Type 2 Diabetes
A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that consuming a high amount of red meat significantly increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
The study examined data from more than 34,000 people, which was collected between 2003 and 2016.
The data looked at the relationship between food consumption and the risk of diabetes.
The researchers found that people who consume a large amount of processed or unprocessed red meat have a higher risk of developing diabetes.
According to the study, consuming a large amount of this meat (beef or goat) increases the risk of developing diabetes by 49%.
The researchers also found that replacing red meat with legumes, nuts, seeds, poultry, milk or dairy products, cheese and eggs reduced the risk of developing diabetes by 9 to 14 percent.
They acknowledged that the study’s findings were somewhat limited because they relied on data from people. They also didn’t explain why high red meat consumption increases the risk of diabetes.
But researchers believe that the fat in red meat increases insulin resistance over time. Similarly, red meat is high in iron, which increases oxidative stress and damages insulin-producing cells.
They said that dishes made with red meat are often high in salt and nitrates, both of which are factors that reduce insulin sensitivity.
It should be noted that the number of people suffering from diabetes worldwide has doubled in the last 30 years to more than 800 million, and Pakistan is the fourth largest country affected by this disease.
A study published in the journal Lancet some time ago reported that between 1990 and 2022, the rate of diabetes among adults worldwide increased from 7 to 14 percent, with the highest increase seen in poor and middle-income countries.
