Frequent consumption of processed meats may
increase an individual's susceptibility to developing type 2 diabetes.
This study examined the relationship between high consumption of processed meats and the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes. Researchers tracked the meat intake and estimated the type 2 diabetes odds ratio of 24,845 subjects recruited from the Alpha-Tocopherol Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study.
The research team found out that generous consumption of processed meats increased the odds of developing type 2 diabetes. In contrast, high dietary ingestion of red meat and poultry was found to have little or no effect on type 2 diabetes development risk in this study. The results of this study suggest that reducing the rate of consumption of processed meats may decrease the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the general population.