Meat Intake, Mortality


Processed Meat and Red Meat Linked with CVD and Mortality

A cohort study suggests that higher intake of processed meat, unprocessed red meat, or poultry, was significantly associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), whereas higher intake of processed meat or unprocessed red meat, was significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality. The study analyzed […]


Meat Intake Linked to Mortality

A large US population based cohort study revealed that increased risks of all cause mortality and nine specific causes of death were associated with both processed and unprocessed red meat, accounted for, in part, by heme iron intake and nitrate/nitrite from processed meat. Replacing the intake of red meat with […]