These figures are over the long haul, as study participants were followed for 22-28 years. Replacing the red meat with just one serving a day was associated with decreased mortality by the following: 7% for fish, 14% poultry, 19% nuts, 10% legumes, 10% for low-fat dairy products, 14% for whole grains. Processed meat is like hot dogs, or lunch meat slices preserved with sodium nitrite. Processed meat upped the mortality rate by 20%. Today many people are emailing and posting to Facebook the just released study telling that “ Red Meat Consumption is Linked to Increased Risk of Total, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality.” The entire study was just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.Īfter controlling for differences in folk’s family history of cardiovascular disease, cancer, age, deviation from normal weight for their height, and amount of physical activity, the researchers found that one daily serving of unprocessed red meat was associated with increased mortality by 13%.
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