Meat, Diet Soda Linked to Heart Disease - US Study

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DALLAS (Reuters) - People who eat two or more servings of red meat a
day are much more likely to develop conditions leading to heart
disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

Eating two or more servings of meat a day increases the risk of
suffering from a cluster of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome
by 25 percent compared to those who had only two servings of meat a
week, the researchers reported in the journal Circulation.

The symptoms of metabolic syndrome include excessive fat around the
waist, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and high blood pressure.

The study also found that diet soda consumption was linked to these
elevated risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, echoing the
findings of a study published in July.

"When we found that diet soda promoted risk we were surprised," said
Dr. Lyn Steffen, an associate professor of epidemiology at the
University of Minnesota.