The elixir of life? It is probably a diet without red meat, the consumption of which significantly increases the overall risk of dying by as much as 20 percentage points. In the wake of numerous studies that have supported the danger of a diet rich in red proteins, new research by An Pan of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, has been able to determine the overall risk of death. , and not just cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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The elixir of life? It is probably one diet without red meat, the consumption of which significantly increases the overall risk of dying by as much as 20 percentage points. In the wake of numerous studies that have supported the danger of one diet rich in red proteins, new research by An Pan of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, she managed to determine the overall risk of death, and not just of cancer e cardiovascular diseases.
In short, the new American study once again launches an important warning: the habitual consumption of red meats, even more so if they are treated, like wurstel or bacon, to which saturated fats, sodium and nitrates are added, contributes to premature death. Experts came to this conclusion during the monitoring period, in which they involved ben 37.698 men and 83.644 women, following the sample for an average of 28 years and recorded a total of 23.926 deaths, of which 5.910 due to cardiovascular diseases and 9.464 for cancer.
Conclusion? The researchers found that the total mortality increases on average by 12% for each additional portion of Red meat, 13% for cuts of meat not too processed and 20% if heavily processed on an industrial level. But there's more: according to the researchers, replacing a portion of red meat with one of fish, or with poultry, nuts, legumes, low-fat dairy products o Whole grains the risk of death is reduced: by 7% with fish, 14% with poultry, 19% with dried fruit, 10% with legumes, 10% with low-fat dairy products, 14% with whole grains.
"We estimated - the researchers write - that 9,3% in men and 7,6% in women of the total deaths documented during the monitoring period of this study could be prevented if all participants consumed less than 0,5 portions a day of red meat “. Numbers that, perhaps, would have risen even more if they had not consumed any meat at all.
Roberta Ragni
