Breaking Medical News: Animal Protein Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk

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Animal Protein Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk

 

Diabetes risk increases with higher intake of total protein and animal protein,

according to a new study in this month's issue of Diabetes Care. Researchers

analyzed the diets of 38,094 Dutch participants from the European Prospective

Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study and found that for every 5

percent of calories consumed from protein instead of carbohydrate or fat, the

risk of developing diabetes increased 30 percent. Increased animal protein

intake coincided with increased intakes of saturated fat, cholesterol, and heme

iron, and with increased body mass index, waist circumference, and blood

pressure. Vegetable protein intake was not associated with diabetes risk.

 

Sluijs I, Beulens JWJ, Van Der A DL, Spijkerman AMW, Grobbee DE, Van Der Shouw

YT. Dietary intake of total, animal, and vegetable protein and risk of type 2

diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

(EPIC)-NL study. Diabetes Care. 2010; 33:43-48.

 

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