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Article: Red meat & diabetes.(Quick Studies)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Nutrition Action Healthletter
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Men who get more iron from red meat have a higher risk of diabetes, but it's not clear whether the iron or something else in the red meat is to blame.
Researchers found a 63 percent higher risk of diabetes in men who got the most iron from red meat (an average of 1.3 milligrams of iron a day) compared with men who got the least (0.2 milligrams a day). The heavy eaters ate the equivalent of five quarter-pound burgers or one nine-ounce sirloin ...