A SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT RISK OF DEATH TIED TO EATING PROCESSED OR UNPROCESSED RED MEAT

CNN : (2/3, Lamotte) reports the study of 30,000 people published in JAMA Internal Medicine “found a small but significant risk of death from any cause tied to eating two servings of processed meat or unprocessed red meat each week.” Moreover, a three-to-seven percent increase in risk for cardiovascular disease was “found for those eating two servings a week of processed meat, unprocessed red meat or poultry – although that last category might be due to frying or the consumption of skin, researchers said.” Meanwhile, “there was no association for eating fish, the study found.” One serving is equal to 4 ounces.