The "bacon with everything" food craze may soon be over; that is, if everyone heeds the new study by The Harvard School of Public Health whose researchers examined data from more than 110,000 people.
The study reveals that eating as little as two pieces of bacon or one hot dog a day upped their mortality rate by 20% over a 20-year period. A small, three-ounce serving of red meat a day (about the size of a deck of cards) increased mortality by 13%.
The results also showed that substituting other healthy protein sources, such as fish, poultry, nuts, and legumes, was associated with a lower risk of mortality.
“Our study adds more evidence to the health risks of eating high amounts of red meat, which has been associated with type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers in other studies,” said lead author An Pan, research fellow in the Department of Nutrition at HSPH.
The researchers, including senior author Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH, and colleagues, prospectively observed 37,698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study for up to 22 years and 83,644 women in the Nurses’ Health Study for up to 28 years who were free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer at baseline. Diets were assessed through questionnaires every four years.
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hi tito eric,
ReplyDeletewe all know this before this so-called "new study" came out. we are just very stubborn. we keep eating these stuff in excess.
i admit i love bacon and red meat. but because of my mom's high blood pressure, i seldom buy or eat bacon anymore. red meat, however, is a different matter...but through the years, we have cut down on red meat. hay, ang hirap magpaka-healthy.:p
ReplyDeleteI'm guilty too, just love bacon so much...
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ReplyDeletewe love bacons but thanks for sharing these info, i will share it to husband who loves red meat, too! anyway, that waffle's looks so yummy! visiting from FTF, hope you can visit me back. thanks and hav a great week. :)
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