Eat Less Red Meat and Lose Weight!

Eating less red meat every week will help you drop pounds as well as lower your risk for diabetes! Try limiting red meat to 1-2 times a week.

Red Meat Increases Diabetes Risk People who increase their red meat intake gain weight and increase their risk for diabetes, according to a new study published by the American Medical Association. Researchers analyzed the data of 149,143 participants from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, the Nurses’ Health Study, and the Nurses’ Health Study II and found that an increase of more than half of a serving of red meat per day increased the risk for type 2 diabetes by 48 percent. Decreasing red meat intake resulted in weight loss and a decreased risk for diabetes. Pan A, Sun Q, Berstein AM, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Changes in red meat consumption and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. JAMA Intern Med. Published ahead of print June 17, 2013. For information about nutrition and health, please visit www.pcrm.org/. Breaking Medical News is a service of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, 5100 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20016.