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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Meat and Human Health-Current Knowledge and Research Gaps.

Nina Rica Wium Geiker, Hanne Christine Bertram, Heddie Mejborn, Lars O Dragsted, Lars Kristensen, Jorge R Carrascal, Susanne Bügel, Arne Astrup

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In one paragraph

Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed
15.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 158 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Nina Rica Wium GeikerDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8063-5820
Hanne Christine BertramDepartment of Food Science, Aarhus University, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-1882-5321
Heddie MejbornNational Food Institute, Division of Food Technology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-6302-8575
Lars O DragstedDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0609-6317
Lars KristensenDanish Meat Research Institute-DMRI Technological Institute, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark.
Jorge R CarrascalDepartment of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7905-3153
Susanne BügelDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
Arne AstrupDepartment of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8968-8996
University of Copenhagen · DKAarhus University · DKDanish Technological Institute · DKTechnical University of Denmark · DK

Funding

Danish Agriculture and Food Council NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meat is highly nutritious and contributes with several essential nutrients which are difficult to obtain in the right amounts from other food sources. Industrially processed meat contains preservatives including salts, possibly exerting negative effects on health. During maturation, some processed meat products develop a specific microbiota, forming probiotic metabolites with physiological and biological effects yet unidentified, while the concentration of nutrients also increases. Meat is a source of saturated fatty acids, and current WHO nutrition recommendations advise limiting saturated fat to less than ten percent of total energy consumption. Recent meta-analyses of both observational and randomized controlled trials do not support any effect of saturated fat on cardiovascular disease or diabetes. The current evidence regarding the effect of meat consumption on health is potentially confounded, and there is a need for sufficiently powered high-quality trials assessing the health effects of meat consumption. Future studies should include biomarkers of meat intake, identify metabolic pathways and include detailed study of fermented and other processed meats and their potential of increasing nutrient availability and metabolic effects of compounds.

Indexed as

cancercardiovascular diseasefermented meatprocessed meat

Identifiers

PMID34359429
PMCPMC8305097
OpenAlexW3180374428

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