One of the first things people learn when diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (or trying to prevent it) is that most kinds of carbs are bad for you.
You would be told to stay away from sugar, white flour, pasta, rice and even fruits. Instead you’d be told to eat more protein and vegetables.
But a new disturbing study indicates that this may not be the best approach. In fact, it reveals that the #1 food cause for type 2 diabetes may not be carbs.
Recently, the results of a 20-year long mega-study involving more than 120,000 participants was released that looked at diet and the development of type 2 diabetes.
The study lead and renowned nutrition researcher, Walter Willett, uncovered a major risk factor in a person’s tendency to develop the disease.
After looking at lifestyle and diet factors, Willett discovered that people who had an increased consumption of red meat also had a corresponding elevation in their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
[adrotate group=”5″]In fact, people who ate a diet loaded with red meat are found to be 48% more likely to develop diabetes than their low-meat-eating peers.
Other problems that an over-abundance of red meat in the diet contributes to are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease. People with diabetes are at a much higher risk of developing these conditions anyway, as a complication of diabetes.
The study underscores what many nutritionists and dieticians have been telling their diabetic clients for years, which is that even lean red meat can be a problem if it dominates the diet.
The study did not, however, take into account what the source of the red-meat was. Did it come from organic-grass-fed beef or antibiotic-pumped up corn fed beef? I hope further studies will look more closely at this issue.
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you really have to spell out what is meant by "red meat"! Salamis and bacon are red meat, then there is grain fed meat and all grass fed [traditional] beef. The article is worthless otherwise!
Hi John…..salamis and bacon are loaded with sodium Nitrate as preservatives as is ham(same as bacon really)…….sodium nitrate is a known carcinogen(causes cancer) and it builds up in the body……..if you must eat any of these..eat with some vitamin c to help negate but they are best avoided by all.
Hi there to all,
Um … I think the issue that John Doyle was raising is absolutely valid and might have been misinterpreted by his fellow correspondent. Meats are not meats – kangaroo meat, for example, is vastly different to beef or lamb. Preserved meats or processed meats should only be eaten on the odd occasion. Whilst the article is extremely enlightening, I do feel that this may signal to folks that such foods loaded in sugar, including an overabundance of most fruits, might not be the best course of actions with regards to meat substitution.
Anyhow, must away – time’s short and the internet is way too long.
The human body is not built for a carnivorous diet. If you doubt this, just compare your human teeth with those of true carnivores, like a tiger for instance. Also, the length of the digestive tract in a human body is much longer than that found in true carnivores. True carnivores kill and eat raw flesh uncooked as is after a kill. How ready are you to kill and eat raw, fur, bones, and all? Eating meat because it tastes good or because you need the protein are lame reasons to eat meat. There are plenty of non-meat sources of protein, and you don’t need as much protein as you may think. And then there’s the cruelty factor. The meat industry is horribly cruel in how it treats and kills animals for humans to eat. The cruelty involved is hidden from view and is something human meat eaters don’t want to look at.
A good addition to the knowledge.
I get tired of reading articles written by environmental fools that can’t spell food. Any idiot that tries to link all “meats” together should have his head examined — cause there is nothing in between!! I have been a type 11 diabetic for 38 years, and I did not get it from eating any kind of meat. I got it the same way 98% of all type 11 diabetics get it — overweight and not near enough exercise. Studying nutrition for 40 years has taught me that white flour, white sugar, corn syrup etc are the real enemies!! Coconut oil, grass fed beef, lots of vegies and some fruit are essential. Also the fact that medicines for diabetes wash the majority of vitamins and minerals for your bloodstream mean that you must supplement to survive.
I believe that this article is quite true. I watched my late husband die in this fashion and it is not pretty to behold. Pay attention to this article. Mary Teresa True.
Mary, I think they're on to something here. Makes perfect sense to me!
I'm sorry for the loss of your husband. I didn't know.
Good article again on coconut.I love to drink the juice and eat the meat of young coconut.Thanks for all the writer.
nice try. appreciate the effort but you gotta try a little harder.
Yes, I try to stay away from white flowers.