Notice that they did not control for sugar or carbohydrate in general.  It
is likely that people who eat a lot of processed beef and beef in general
tend to also eat a lot of sugar and other processed foods that they are
not controlling for in this study.  Correlation is not causation.

Marcus




On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 08:26:08 -0700, Ingrid Bauer/Jean-Claude Catry
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>                  Ffrom http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/488923?src=mp
>
>                  jean-claude
>
>                  rom Diabetes Care
>
> After adjusting for age, BMI, total
>energy intake, exercise, alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, and family
 Ehistory of diabetes, we found positive associations between intakes of red
>meat and processed meat and risk of type 2 diabetes.