Red Meat an Chronic Diseases Library

Various studies have used lean red meat in amounts consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines and achieved weight loss in young women, adult women and men.

• Griffin, H., et al. (2013). Higher protein diet for weight management in young overweight women: a 12-month randomized controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, [online] 15(6), pp.572-575. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23279557 [Accessed 4 May 2018].
• Clifton, P., et al. (2008). Long-term effects of a high-protein weight-loss diet. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, [online] 87(1), pp.23-29. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18175733 [Accessed 4 May 2018].

This Monash University study highlights the importance of eating lean red meat with the right type of carbohydrate for gut health.

• Muir JG., et al. (2004). Combining wheat bran with resistant starch has more beneficial effects on fecal indexes than does wheat bran alone. Aml J Clin Nutr, [online] 79(6), pp. 1020-8. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15159232 [Accessed 4 May 2018].

Lean red meat in amounts consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines was used in a modified Mediterranean-style diet that suggests dietary improvement may be helpful in the management of depression.

• Jacka, F., et al. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial). BMC Medicine, [online] 15(1). Available at: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0791-y [Accessed 4 May 2018].

Various randomised controlled studies show that dietary management of metabolic markers of chronic diseases is achievable with diets containing lean red meat in amounts consistent with the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

• Larsen, R., et al. (2011). The effect of high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a 12 month randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, [online] 54(4), pp.731-740. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21246185 [Accessed 4 May 2018].
• Nowson, C., et al. (2009). Low-sodium Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension–type diet including lean red meat lowers blood pressure in postmenopausal women. Nutrition Research, [online] 29(1), pp.8-18. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19185772 [Accessed 4 May 2018].
• Hodgson, J., et al (2006). Partial substitution of carbohydrate intake with protein intake from lean red meat lowers blood pressure in hypertensive persons. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, [online] 83(4), pp.780-787. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16600928 [Accessed 4 May 2018].
• Smith, R., et al. (2007). A low-glycemic-load diet improves symptoms in acne vulgaris patients: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, [online] 86(1), pp.107-115. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17616769 [Accessed 4 May 2018].