Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Less Red Meats Please!


Last Wednesday, experts concluded that eating red meat and processed food significantly increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes usually develops because of lack of exercise, unhealthy diets, and obesity.

According to The Gazette, “Eating 50 grams of processed red meat every day increased a person's diabetes risk by 51 per cent, while eating 100 grams of unprocessed red meat each day, about the size of a deck of cards, boosted the risk by 19 per cent”.

One suggestion is to substitute red meat with nuts, white meat, low-fat dairy, or whole grain proteins. 

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