from National Cancer Institute journal, CANCER and American Heart Association journal, CIRCULATION
Two recent studies raise more health
questions about consuming certain
meats, especially processed meats.
A study at the National Cancer
Institute, published in the journal
CANCER, identified a number of
compounds in meat that might
increase the risk of several types of
cancer. People who had the highest
amounts of nitrites in their diets had
nearly thirty percent increased risk of
bladder cancer than those with the
lowest levels of nitrites. Nitrites and
nitrate are frequently added to
processed meats. Another study, in
the American Heart Association
journal, CIRCULATION, suggests
women who eat more protein-rich
foods instead of red meat
significantly lowered their risk of
developing heart disease. For
instance, one serving a day of nuts,
instead of one serving of red meat,
lowered their risk of heart disease by
thirty percent.