Health abstract;28 March 2009

Eating large amounts of red meat can shorten your life, a study at theUS national cancer institue suggests.

The study involved 545,000 volunteers aged 51 to 71,who were asked about their diet over the past year,researchers estimated their meat intake.

More than 71,000 of the study group died over the one year study.

After controlling for factors like age,weight and smoking, researchers found women who consumed 66 grams per 1000 calories were 36% more likely than women who eat 9.1 grams per 1000 calories.

Men who eat large amounts of red meat were 31% more likely to die.

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