Recommendation to limit red meat in the diet

In a study published in Gut magazine on January 10, US scientists warn that red meat-rich diets increase the risk of redundancy, thereby encouraging the choice of healthy diets. stronger to enhance human health.

To get the results of the study, researchers at Massachusetts Hospital collaborated to monitor the medical records of 46,500 men in the United States for 26 years. Every four years, these men are required to list consumption of fish, poultry and red meat.

Eating a lot of red meat increases the risk of overproduction.

After 26 years, diverticulitis appeared in 764 men. Researchers said the group had a diet rich in red meat. This is also a group of people who smoke a lot, are less active and drink more painkillers than the other group.

Excess bags are bulging small pockets, which can form anywhere in the digestive tract, from the esophagus, stomach, small intestine and colon. Diverticulitis occurs when one or more excess bags of the gastrointestinal tract become inflamed or infected. In the United States alone, there are about 200,000 hospitalizations for this disease each year, making the health sector spend about $ 2 billion. Currently, the number of people infected with this disease is increasing, especially among young people.

The disease is quite common and affects the quality of life, but so far the scientific community has not really determined the cause of diverticulitis. Previous studies have found a link between the disease and smoking, obesity and abuse of anti-inflammatory drugs. Lack of dietary fiber is also considered one of the "suspects" that causes inflammation of the diverticulitis, but so far the causes related to food have not been verified.