Diabetes: Two types of meat associated with a 'significantly increased risk' of diabetes

It’s been theorised that this phenomenon may affect key events in the onset of diabetes such as insulin resistance or deficiency.

What’s more, there is evidence that the relationship is dose-dependent, so the link is particularly obvious at high doses of haeme iron intake.

Interestingly, a high intake of haeme iron is also associated with an increased risk of multiple cancers too, including colon cancer, pancreatic cancer and lung cancer.

Once again, the haeme iron in meat is believed to alter several molecular and genetic mechanisms resulting in cancer.