Can Your Diet Increase Your Chances of Death? It’s been shown
that high amounts of red meat in the diet can contribute to
moderate to severe heart problems or abnormal cell growth, but a
new study points out a greater risk of death from heart disease
and cancer than previously reported. This is the largest study
to date on the subject of mortality linked to consumption of red
meat. An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed
that during a 10-year federal study of more than half a million
participants, men who ate a quarter-pound hamburger daily
increased the risk of death associated with cancer by 22
percent, and increased the risk of death associated with heart
disease by 27 percent. For women who ate large amounts of red
and processed meats, the risk of death from heart disease
increased by 20 percent and the risk of death from cancer
increased by 50 percent. The study also reports that those who
ate larger amounts of fish and white meat like chicken had lower
rates of death. However, other fac