Reducing consumption of processed meat by around one-third could prevent more than 350,000 cases of diabetes in the US over 10 years, a study suggests. Cutting US adults’ processed meat intake by 30 per cent — the equivalent of around 10 slices of bacon a week — would also lead to tens of thousands of fewer cases of cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer, researchers say. A team from the University of Edinburgh’s Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems together with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has developed…
