Key points from article :
Eating meat regularly increases risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, pneumonia and other serious illnesses.
Consumption at least three times a week was linked to a greater risk of nine different illnesses.
Based on analysis of the health records of 474,985 middle-aged Britons.
70 grams (2.5 ounces) of unprocessed red meat and processed meat daily raised the risk of heart disease by 15% and diabetes by 30%.
30 grams of poultry meat eaten daily increased the risk of developing gastro-oesophageal reflux by 17% and diabetes by 14%.
Mainly meat-eaters who were overweight or obese were running these risks.
Eating meat regularly did reduce the risk of iron-deficiency anaemia, though.
“..first to assess the risk of 25 non-cancerous conditions in relation to meat intake,” - Keren Papier, Nutritional Epidemiologist.
Anyone who eats more than 90g of red or processed meat a day should cut down to 70g - Public Health England.
Research by Oxford University published in the Journal BMC Medicine.
