Red Meat Consumption Increase Death Risk

For those of you who love red meat should be starting to limit the amount of meat consumed Feed. Results from the latest research Internal Medicine, United States, consumption of red meat and processed in excess can cause a higher risk of death. This is because many people who consume red meat more easily affected by cancer and heart attack.

In a survey involving more than 545,000 people with age 50 to 70 years, scientists examine the eating habits of the respondents. For the time required for 10 years to find the conclusion that there is now this. The results, recorded more than 70,000 people die more quickly because only consume more red meat rather than the other.

Men with the equivalent quarter of a pound hamburgers every day, have a death risk 22 percent higher due to cancer and 27 percent for heart disease. This differs significantly with the men who only consumed 5 oz of meat per week.

Meanwhile, women who ate red meat in a large number of potentially 20 percent higher risk due to cancer and 50 percent due to heart disease. In this analysis, researchers also include other factors that make the respondents have the time of death more quickly, such as smoking habits, height and body weight, history of disease and cancer in their family.

Barry Popkin, the head Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said with the Feed the meat is not only beneficial for health but also play a role in reducing global warming.

As known, the number of cattle resulted in increased emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming effects.

"The Government should also evaluate the subsidies for agriculture and animal husbandry in order to affect the price of cheapness and support diet of meat," augment him.