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Preventing diverticular disease. Review of recent evidence on high-fiber diets.

​Exercising regularly and adhering to diets high in fiber, especially fruit and vegetable fiber, and low in red meat, and fat may help prevent the development of diverticular disease.

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Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States.

​Unhealthy lifestyle and dietary habits, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, physical inactivity, and consumption of diets high in red and processed meats and low in fruits, vegetables, fiber, and calcium, may increase an individual's risk of developing cancer.

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Decrease Kidney Failure Risk with Whole Plant Foods

Kidneys And Skeleton

The dietary and other lifestyle choices we make have an effect on almost every aspect of our health. Kidney health is no exception. The findings of the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study revealed that Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is the 27th leading cause of deaths in the world. In the United States, chronic kidney disease is the 9th leading ...

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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Increased by Red Meat

Heart Disease Risk Increase

Consuming animal-based foods containing L-carnitine promotes the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis, stroke, and myocardial infarction. L-carnitine is a nutrient that helps to transport fatty acids to the mitochondria, the energy-producing furnaces in the cells, for use as fuel. However, the human body can als...

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Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk and Meat Intake

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

According to the National Cancer Institute, approximately 2.1 percent of men and women in the United States will be diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at some point during their lifetime. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer that originates in white blood cells known as lymphocytes. The lymphocytes are an essential component of the immune sy...

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Red meat intake and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a meta-analysis.

Regular consumers of red and processed meats may be highly vulnerable to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Red and Processed Meat Consumption Increases Risk for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A PRISMA-Compliant Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Frequent consumption of red and processed meats may increase the likelihood of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Meat intake and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

High risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma is associated with Habitual consumption of high meat diets.

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Association between dietary meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct study.

Generous intake of processed and red meat may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

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Meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: the Multiethnic Cohort.

A surge in type 2 diabetes risk is associated with frequent consumption of red meat, processed meat products, and processed poultry.

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Red meat, processed meat and the risk of venous thromboembolism: friend or foe?

Elevated risk of venous thromboembolism is associated with high intake of red and processed meat products.

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Well-done, grilled red meat increases the risk of colorectal adenomas.

A surge in colorectal cancer risk is associated with regular consumption of diets rich in well-cooked red meat and processed meat products.

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