Want to Live Longer, Eat Less Red Meat

Eating red meat every day, either in the form of hamburgers, steaks, and kebabs, it can increase the risk of death from heart disease or cancer by 21 percent. The study team of researchers at Harvard Medical School, United States, it is the first analysis that calculates the risk of daily consumption of red meat for human life compared to other protein sources. 

The study calculates how a person can lower their risk of premature death by replacing red meat with poultry, fish, nuts, or seeds. Researchers also found that just as healthy chicken with sesame seeds or cereals as an alternative to red meat. 

"This report is not given the green light to a diet high in carbohydrates and low in fat," says Frank Hu, a researcher from the Harvard School of Public Health. "Instead, this study underlines the importance of the type or quality of protein." 

The study, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, March 12, 2012, it uses two long-term health study that summarizes the diet and health information from 120 thousand adults free of cardiovascular disease and cancer in early studies. Development of their health continues to be monitored for 28 years. 

Eating red meat is associated with a sharply increased risk of death from cancer and heart disease, according to a new study, and the more of it you eat, the greater the risk. (Picture from: http://drpinna.com/)

During the study, 20 percent of them died. Daily consumption of fresh red meat is associated with an increased risk of death by 13 percent during the study. The consumption of processed red meat, like sausage or bacon, is associated with an increased risk by 20 percent. 

Conversely, replacing the daily consumption of red meat with a healthy source of protein is associated with lower mortality risk, which is 19 percent lower when the meat is replaced with beans, 14 percent for poultry or cereal, 10 percent for beans or low-fat dairy products, and 7 percent for fish. 

"This study proves that the regular consumption of red meat, especially processed meat, contribute to premature death," said Hu. *** [LIVESCIENCE | KORAN TEMPO 3822]

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