People love meat, double cheeseburgers, fried chicken, bacon, everything in fact. We love meat, but most of us do not know they have a dubious reputation.
Previous studies have shown that eating plenty of meat may increase the risk of heart disease and colon cancer. And a new study now suggests that meat and fish, increasing the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
In a study published in the journal “American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers showed that women who consumed the most animal protein (meat and fish in this study, no dairy products or eggs) were 3 times more risk of suffering from an inflammatory disease of the intestine.
Of the 67,000 women followed over a period of 10 years, only 77 women were diagnosed with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, but 90% of participants consumed a daily amount of animal protein than recommended by nutritionists.
Researchers say that meat increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease because the digestion of animal proteins produce toxic end products such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia.
The scientists therefore recommend that women reduce their consumption of food from animals, especially since the study showed that women eating too much meat.
Inflammatory bowel disease can lead to major problems such as Crohn’s disease (chronic inflammation of the entire digestive tract, suspected to be due to an overactive immune system against substances and tissues that are normally present in the body.) ulcerative colitis (ulcerative colitis or) and an increased risk of colon cancer (which develops from the lining of the “large intestine” or colon).
