Study: Spam tied to diabetes risk in Native Americans
Quick ReadA study of 2,000 Native Americans found that those who frequently ate processed meat had a two-fold increased risk of developing diabetes over those who ate little or none.
Photo credit: AP | Cans of Spam line the shelves at a store in Berlin, Vt. (May 27, 2008)
A new study has found a link between processed meats in the Native American diet and a high rate of diabetes.
Native Americans as a group are at especially hih risk of deeloping diabetes. Nearly half have the condition by age 55.
Researchers writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition surveyed 2,000 Native Americans from Arizona, Oklahoma and North and South Dakota to look...
