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Eating a lot of Spam might double your chances of getting type 2 diabetes, especially in American Indian communities where it's commonly eaten.

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Associations of processed meat and unprocessed red meat intake with incident diabetes: the Strong Heart Family Study.

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2012 Mar

The study looked at how eating spam affects diabetes risk in American Indian people and found that those who eat the most spam are more than twice as likely to develop diabetes compared to those who eat the least.

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Associations of processed meat and unprocessed red meat intake with incident diabetes: the Strong Heart Family Study.

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DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.029942

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Eating a lot of lunch meat might increase the chance of getting type 2 diabetes in American Indian adults — especially if you eat the most compared to others — but hot dogs, sausage, and other processed meats don’t seem to have the same effect.

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If you're an American Indian adult, eating more processed meat like bacon or hot dogs might increase your chances of getting type 2 diabetes over time—especially if you eat a lot compared to others.

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