Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption
Authors: Richard M. Rosenfeld
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2020)

Letters5 May 2020Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat ConsumptionRichard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBARichard M. Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBASUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York (R.M.R.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L20-0123 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Johnston and colleagues (1) have produced a trustworthy guideline recommending that adults continue their current rate of consumption of unprocessed red meat and processed meat. This recommendation may surprise some but is best understood in the context of the following research question: How does a diet higher or lower in unprocessed red meat or processed meat (for example, one that involves a decrease of ≥3 servings of meat per week) affect the risk for cancer or adverse cardiometabolic outcomes? In this context, 4 de novo systematic reviews conducted explicitly for the guideline show small or trivial risk reductions ...References1. Johnston BC, Zeraatkar D, Han MA, et al. Unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption: dietary guideline recommendations from the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) consortium. Ann Intern Med. 2019;71:756-764. [PMID: 31569235]. doi:10.7326/M19-1621 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Guasch-Ferré M, Satija A, Blondin SA, et al. Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of red meat consumption in comparison with various comparison diets on cardiovascular risk factors. Circulation. 2019;139:1828-1845. [PMID: 30958719] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Reynolds A, Mann J, Cummings J, et al. Carbohydrate quality and human health: a series of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Lancet. 2019;393:434-445. [PMID: 30638909] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Satija A, Bhupathiraju SN, Spiegelman D, et al. Healthful and unhealthful plant-based diets and the risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;70:411-422. [PMID: 28728684] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Zaharatos GJ, Dascal A, Miller MA. Discordant carbapenem susceptibility in Methylobacterium species and its application as a method for phenotypic identification [Letter]. J Clin Microbiol. 2001;39:2037-8. [PMID: 11388170] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York (R.M.R.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L20-0123. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoUnprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium Bradley C. Johnston , Dena Zeraatkar , Mi Ah Han , Robin W.M. Vernooij , Claudia Valli , Regina El Dib , Catherine Marshall , Patrick J. Stover , Susan Fairweather-Taitt , Grzegorz Wójcik , Faiz Bhatia , Russell de Souza , Carlos Brotons , Joerg J. Meerpohl , Chirag J. Patel , Benjamin Djulbegovic , Pablo Alonso-Coello , Malgorzata M. Bala , and Gordon H. Guyatt Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Cynthia L. Gong , Nadine K. Zawadzki , Roy Zawadzki , Jeffrey Tran , and Joel W. Hay Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Yi Wan and Fenglei Wang Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Bradley C. Johnston , Dena Zeraatkar , Robin W.M. Vernooij , Montserrat Rabassa , Regina El Dib , Claudia Valli , Mi Ah Han , Pablo Alonso-Coello , Malgorzata M. Bala , and Gordon H. Guyatt Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Daniel A. Meyer Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Eric C. Westman Metrics 5 May 2020Volume 172, Issue 9Page: 636-637KeywordsCarbohydratesDietDisclosureEatingFoodLegumesMeatMortalitySystematic reviewsType 2 diabetes ePublished: 5 May 2020 Issue Published: 5 May 2020 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2020 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...