Harvard's paper, red meat = diabetes, launched 100 headlines, all positive. And 20 YouTubes, all negative. Who got it right?
PAPERS:
Red meat intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective cohort study of United States females and males
https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)66119-2/fulltext
Substitution of animal-based with plant-based foods on cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-03093-1
Red meat consumption and risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-022-01150-1
Meat Cooking Methods and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three Prospective Cohort Studies
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/41/5/1049/36533/Meat-Cooking-Methods-and-Risk-of-Type-2-Diabetes
NEWS:
Red meat consumption associated with increased type 2 diabetes risk
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/red-meat-consumption-associated-with-increased-type-2-diabetes-risk/
What to Know About the Link Between Red Meat and Type 2 Diabetes
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/well/eat/red-meat-diabetes.html
Eating red meat twice a week may increase type 2 diabetes risk, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/19/eating-red-meat-twice-a-week-may-increase-type-2-diabetes-risk-study-finds
Eating red meat linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/health/red-meat-type-2-diabetes-risk-study-wellness/index.html
Eating Red Meat Is Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Risk, New Study Finds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eating-red-meat-is-linked-to-type-2-diabetes-risk-new-study-finds-180983121/
For Health, More Nuts, Beans and Whole Grains
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/well/eat/plant-based-diet-nuts-beans-grains.html
Study links red meat to increased risk of Type 2 diabetes
https://www.deseret.com/2023/10/20/23925341/type-2-diabetes-red-meat-increase-risk-harvard-study
TIME magazine cover story: physiologist Ancel Keys (public PDF)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1at-yiv3vKZWFLwLkngVr8B16DSvd3ewc/view?usp=sharing
VIDEOS:
Red Meat Causes Diabetes? New Study should Concern Carnivores by Ken Berry
https://youtu.be/bdYrTW8Kikk?si=X5t02xLKuRE8JWXu
Red Meat causes Diabetes? Ben Bikman, PhD Explains the Hidden Truth
https://www.youtube.com/live/JSHAmK-0duM?si=90v0zTznRy_Y861_
'Red Meat Causes Diabetes' Harvard Scientists Claim (Study Breakdown) by Mike Mutzel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6av1YxaTW0
'Red Meat Causes Diabetes’ Experts Claim: Study Flaws Are Concerning by Mike Mutzel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiJJTpKjrBA
Red meat gives you diabetes!! New study!! By Shawn Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPD9UvGcQ0
HARVARD SAYS RED MEAT CAUSES DIABETES! - Dr. Westman Reacts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mecRlVXMo7U
Red Meat Does Not Cause Diabetes by Bret Scher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cia9GXVoTM4
Harvard - RED MEAT CAUSES #DIABETES? Hmm…: Health Journey Vlog 33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbGv1GHjTNs
BLOGS:
Harvard Has Been Anti-Meat for 30+ Years—Why? by Nina Teicholz
https://unsettledscience.substack.com/p/harvard-has-been-anti-meat-for-30
Red meat & Type 2 Diabetes by Zoe Harcombe
https://www.zoeharcombe.com/2023/10/red-meat-type-2-diabetes/
Red meat and diabetes—a tenuous connection by Ronald Hoffman
https://drhoffman.com/article/red-meat-and-diabetes-a-tenuous-connection/
Does red meat cause diabetes? Maybe only at Harvard
https://www.carnisostenibili.it/en/does-red-meat-cause-diabetes-maybe-only-at-harvard/
BOOKS:
Your Simple Guide to Reversing Type 2 Diabetes by Roy Taylor
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Simple-Guide-Reversing-Diabetes/dp/1780724993
Nutritional Epidemiology by Walter Willett
https://www.amazon.com/Nutritional-Epidemiology-Monographs-Biostatistics/dp/0199754039
A Change of Heart: How the People of Framingham, Massachusetts, Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease by Daniel Levy
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Heart-Unraveling-Mysteries-Cardiovascular/dp/0375727043
0:00 Coverage of the Harvard Study
2:10 Xiao Gu: Epidemiology vs Biostatistics
3:01 News vs YouTubers
3:43 Epidemiology & Framingham
6:07 How Beef Has Changed
6:56 Food Frequency Questionnaires
10:50 The Study Participants
13:55 Ideological Vegetarianism?
16:42 Zoe Harcombe's Blog
20:33 Losing Our Minds with Anecdotes
22:07 Harvard Epidemiology
23:28 Short Term Trials Fail
27:16 Advances in Epidemiology
32:10 Meat Eaters Have Less Healthy Habits?
33:31 Mediators and Confounders
34:52. Causal Inference
36:34 The Bradford Hill Criteria
38:53 Red Meat A Bigger Factor for Exercisers?
40:02 Fish is Surprisingly Hazardous
42:35 Why Harvard Shows a Stronger Association