Processed Meats, Foods Greatly Increase Diabetes Risk
Many don't see the harm in eating a couple of hot dogs, French fries and big
slice of chocolate cream pie. However, researchers discovered that eating these
kinds of Western-style foods might increase one’s risk of stroke, colon cancer,
and heart disease.
Moreover, they found such foods might also increase one's chances of
developing type 2 diabetes, the most common form of this disease that usually
occurs in adulthood. According to a study, those who frequently ate
Western-style foods were 50 percent more likely to develop diabetes than those
who didn't.
The study lasted 14 years and involved nearly 70,000 diabetes-free women. At
the end of the study, 2,699 women developed type 2 diabetes; both a Western diet
and eating red and processed meats raised their risk. It was also concluded that
women who ate a rich prudent diet decreased their risk.
A prudent diet consists of:
After further dissecting the data, researchers found that the more red and
processed meats people consumed, the higher their risk of diabetes rose. For
example, any additional daily serving of red meat increased one's risk of
diabetes by 26 percent, while another serving of processed meat raised the risk
by 40 percent. The reason behind these risk-rates can be linked to how these
meats are cooked. Researchers discovered that when red meats and other foods
high in fat are cooked at high temperatures, a dangerous substance is formed,
triggering the development of diabetes.
Archives of Internal Medicine, November 8, 2004;164(20),
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