date:Jan 14, 2013
igh heme iron intake, particularly in normal weight individuals, may increase therisk of stroke.
Because heme iron is found in meat, particularly red meat including (types of readmeat) beef, pork, lamb, veal, sheep, duck, and goose, the study suggests thateating red meat can increase risk of stroke.Other studies have already found that consumption of red and processed meat has adirect association with increased risk of stroke.
One of such studies was led by G. C. Chen from Soochow University i