Spam Meat Linked with Native American Risk of Diabetes

Tue, 31 Jan 2012
Spam meat eaten from cans by Native Americans increases their chances of developing diabetes compared to those who ate a minimal amount none.

These are the findings of new American research which highlights that Native Americans are at particularly high risk of becoming type 2 diabetic, with almost half developing this condition by the age of 55.

2,000 Native Americans from Oklahoma, Arizona and North and South Dakota were studied with regard to possible reasons for their high rate of becoming type 2 diabetics .

Many Native American communities are in extremely rural areas with limited access to grocery shops; this means they eat foods with long shelf lives.

Not one of the study participants, average age of 35, had type 2 diabetes when the study started.

The study involved respondents answering questions regarding their diet, health and other lifestyle factors.

Five years later, a follow-up survey highlighted that 243 people had developed diabetes.

Out of 500 people in the original study group who consumed canned processed meat, 85 had developed diabetes, whereas, out of the 500 people who ate the least amount of "spam," only 44 developed this condition.

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