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Should you worry about eating meat?

If you're trying to lose weight by following the wildly popular Atkins diet, then you may be increasing your risk of developing diabetes... or so the headlines tell us.

The reports are based on research published in the journal Diabetes Care linking red meat with type II diabetes [10].

Researchers followed just more than 37,000 women aged 45 or older for an average of eight years. All the women completed detailed questionnaires about their food choices at study entry.

Red meat intake was considered the sum of hamburger, beef, pork or lamb as a main dish, beef, pork, or lamb as a sandwich or mixed dish, and all processed meat. Total processed meat was the sum of hot dogs, bacon, sausage, salami, and bologna.

At follow-up, 1,558 of the women had developed type II diabetes. After analyzing the results of the diet questionnaires, the researchers found a link between the amounts of processed and red meat eaten and the development of type II diabetes.

This doesn't, however, mean that meat is bad for you.

Firstly, this study only describes a...

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