Red and processed meat and CVD

• Red and processed meat are bad for you
• plant based diets and CVD
• red and processed meat and cancer
• Diet and diabetes
• red and processed meat and obesity

the consumption of red and processed meat has also been associated with increased rates of coronary heart disease[^2] (only found for processed meat)^[1]

Risk ratios for red and processed meat and CVD

Kwok et al., 2019 combined the results of 17 reviews (!) on the link between various food groups and CVD mortality. They found that Red meat showed a RR for CVD of 1.15 (1.05,1.26, 6 studies) per 100g eaten a day and processed meats (RR 1.24, 1.09-1.4, 6 studies) per 50g eaten a day.

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