Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Substituting red meat with white meat, particularly unprocessed white meat, is associated with a 25% reduction in all-cause mortality.
Try swapping your red meat meals for white meat, like chicken or fish. This study shows that making this swap, while keeping your total meat amount the same, can significantly lower your risk of dying from common diseases.
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When the total meat intake was constant, the highest fifth of white meat intake was associated with a 25% reduction in risk of all cause mortality compared with the lowest intake level.
Why this rating
Large cohort study with substitution models controlling for total meat intake.
Source
Mortality from different causes associated with meat, heme iron, nitrates, and nitrites in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: population based cohort study
Arash Etemadi et al. · BMJ · 2017
cohort · n=536969Cited 292×
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