Hey, guys, listen up: Steaks may be a safer bet heart-wise than hot dogs and salami, a new study suggests.
Men who regularly eat processed red meats may raise their risk of developing heart failure and dying from it, Swedish researchers say.
And as consumption of processed red meats goes up, the study concluded, so does the risk for heart failure, which means the heart can't pump blood as well as it should.
Men who ate roughly 2.6 ounces a day -- the equivalent of 2 or 3 slices of ham -- of processed red meats had a 28 percent higher risk of heart failure and more than twice the risk of death from heart failure compared with men who ate less than one ounce of processed meat daily, the researchers found.
However, the study doesn't prove a steady diet of bacon or ham will cause heart failure, it can only point to an association, said one expert not involved in the research.
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Would have never guessed that! /sarcasm
ReplyDeleteIf people would go back to butchering their own meats, and picking their own veggies... we'd be a healthier nation.
Of course, society is lazy, and can't be bothered to care for themselves.
What next? Certainly something I eat every single day.
ReplyDeleteQuit eating meats with the 12% solution. It makes the meat taste like nothing but salt, and I'm sure it qualifies it as "processed".
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