Red Meat Intake and Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes | Annals of Internal Medicine | American College of Physicians

https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2752326/effect-lower-versus-higher-red-meat-intake-cardiometabolic-cancer-outcomes?searchresult=1


Conclusion:
Low- to very-low-certainty evidence suggests that diets restricted in red meat may have little or no effect on major cardiometabolic outcomes and cancer mortality and incidence.


Zeraatkar D, Johnston BC, Bartoszko J, et al. Effect of Lower Versus Higher Red Meat Intake on Cardiometabolic and Cancer Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials. Ann Intern Med. 2019; [Epub ahead of print 1 October 2019]. doi: 10.7326/M19-0622

Meat intake and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of Asian prospective cohort studies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3778858/


Conclusions: Ecological data indicate an increase in meat intake in Asian countries; however, our pooled analysis did not provide evidence of a higher risk of mortality for total meat intake and provided evidence of an inverse association with red meat, poultry, and fish/seafood. Red meat intake was inversely associated with CVD (cardiovascular disease) mortality in men and with cancer mortality in women in Asian countries.


Lee JE, McLerran DF, Rolland B, et al. Meat intake and cause-specific mortality: a pooled analysis of Asian prospective cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;98(4):1032-41.

The relationship between peripheral blood mononuclear cells telomere length and diet - unexpected effect of red meat

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944490/


Conclusions

Unexpected correlation of telomere length with the frequency of consumption of red meat indicates the need for further in-depth research and may undermine some accepted concepts of adverse effects of this diet on the health status and life longevity.

Kasielski, M., Eusebio, M.-O., Pietruczuk, M., & Nowak, D. (2015). The relationship between peripheral blood mononuclear cells telomere length and diet - unexpected effect of red meat. Nutrition Journal, 15, 68. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-016-0189-2

Red meats: Time for a paradigm shift in dietary advice

Red meats: Time for a paradigm shift in dietary advice

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309174014001922

Highlights

• Dietary advice to limit red meat is unnecessarily restrictive and may have unintended health consequences.
• Overzealous focus on limiting red meat may have distracted from effective nutrition strategies to address chronic diseases.
• With increasing intakes of highly processed foods it is important to reconsider nutrition priorities.

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Abstract

Recent evidence suggests dietary advice to limit red meat is unnecessarily restrictive and may have unintended health consequences. As nutrient-rich high quality protein foods, red meats can play an important role in helping people meet their essential nutrient needs. Yet dietary advice to limit red meat remains standard in many developed countries, even though red meat intakes appear to be within current guidelines. Meanwhile, energy intakes from processed foods have increased dramatically at the expense of nutrient-rich foods, such as red meat. Research suggests these food trends are associated with the growing burden of obesity and associated diseases in recent decades. It is time for dietary advice that emphasizes the value of unprocessed red meat as part of a healthy balanced diet.