Eating Less Meat Promotes Weight Loss

New research results from Imperial College London overturn the theory that a high protein diet combats obesity or enhances weight loss .
The researchers scrutinised data from the Epic study, which reviews the relationships between diet and cancer .
Multiple studies have suggested that consuming a great deal of meat can ensure you put weight on.
Dietary experts suggest that is is best to lower meat consumption and attempt to eat beans, pulses, oily fish, different vegetables and wholegrains.
The Imperial College Team analysed dietary questionnaires filled in by 100,000 men and 270,000 women, with their weights being recorded pre and post the five year study.
They discovered that for each additional 250g of meat an individual ate on a daily basis, there was an associated weight gain of 4.4lb over a five-year period.
The meat most highly related with weight gain was poultry, processed meats and red meat.
Processed meat eaters, especially those who opted for bacon and sausages, gained around 5lb over five years than those whose diets were compartively meat free.
The Danish, Germans, Spanish and Swedish were the biggest meat-eaters, with men eating approximately 300 calories meat daily and women eating 200 calories.
The Greeks ate the least meat, with men consuming around 200 calories a day and women 140 calories.