According to a 2012 NPR-Truven Health Analytics poll, 39% of meat-eating Americans have reduced red meat intake in the past three years, and Mintel research shows that 30% of Americans would like to see more vegetarian items on restaurant menus.
Impacts may include reduced red meat consumption (with positive effects on saturated fat, but negative impacts on zinc and iron intake) and reduced winter fruit and vegetable consumption.
The results of this qualitative study were intended to inform the design of an intervention to enable patients at risk of further I/HRAs to reduce their dietary red meat intake and avoid processed meat and/or increase physical activity levels.
23 28 Finally, in cohort studies, low-carbohydrate diets, high in vegetable oils and proteins as opposed to animal products, reduce CHD events and diabetes incidence in women, 29 30 while lower red meat intake reduces total, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.
Inclusion of the results of these two cohort studies in a meta-analysis would be expected to somewhat reduce the summary estimate of the relative risk for red meat intake and endometrial cancer.
The authors concluded: "Higher red meat intake in early adulthood may be a risk factor for breast cancer and replacing meat with a combination of legumes, poultry, nuts and fish, may reduce the risk of breast cancer".
Bellavia A, Stilling F, Wolk A. High red meat intake and all-cause cardiovascular and cancer mortality: is the risk modified by fruit and vegetable intake?
"Higher red meat intake in early adulthood may be a risk factor for breast cancer," they report in the British Medical Journal.
Reduce red meat and avoid full fat dairy products.
Conclusion Higher red meat intake in early adulthood may be a risk factor for breast cancer, and replacing red meat with a combination of legumes, poultry, nuts and fish may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
