HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Diets high in red meat can help you slim

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Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Diets high in red meat can help you slim

Published in the J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Aug;109(8):1356-66.

Dietary predictors of 5-year changes in waist circumference.
Halkjaer J, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Sørensen TI.
Danish Cancer Society Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. jytteh@cancer.dk

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19631041

This study of 22,570 women and 20,126 men, aged 50 to 64 investigated the association between intake from different foods and the subsequent 5-year difference in waist circumference.

Halkjaer found that after 5 years:
(a) Diets high in red meat were associated with smaller waist circumference in both sexes.
(b) Diets high in butter and high-fat dairy products were associated with smaller waist circumference in both sexes.
(c) Diets high in snack foods and potatoes were associated with larger waist circumference.

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