Cambridge-led study of 2m people globally is most comprehensive evidence yet of red meat link to diabetes
Eating processed or red meat increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, with just two slices of ham a day raising the danger by 15%, the largest study of its kind suggests.
Research led by the University of Cambridge and involving 2 million people worldwide provides the most comprehensive evidence yet of a link between meat and the disease that presents one of the most pressing dangers to global health.
More than 400 million people have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and lower limb amputation. As well as maintaining a healthy weight and moving more, evidence suggests one of the main ways to lower the risk of the disease is improving diet.
Looks like here come da 'betus, cause I love ham.
Thats good because I always have 2 sandwiches at a time, with 2 slices each. So… Doesn’t affect me.
TWO HAMS WILL KILL HIM?
two hams will fill him?
TWO HAMS WILL KILL HIM!
This isn’t really my field so I’m unknowledgeable, isn’t sugar the main thing that’s causing diabetes?
I think this is an old myth that keeps circulating. According to the Mayo Clinic, “In type 2 diabetes, there are primarily two problems. The pancreas does not produce enough insulin — a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into the cells. And cells respond poorly to insulin and take in less sugar.”
The lack of ‘functional’ insulin would be more accurate, I think.
My first thought on reading this was “who has that kind of access to ham? I’m kind of jealous.”
I guess I shouldn’t be jealous.
Deli ham is pretty cheap in the US.
