Stroke: Older people should cut back on red meat – ‘Causes blockages in blood vessels’
He suggested other ways to get protein into the diet. “Poultry, most fish and meatless alternatives such as tofu, beans and legumes are the healthiest source of proteins to help reduce your risk,” he said.
This was backed by a study carried out by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Cleveland Clinic.
The paper, which was published in the Stroke Online journal in 2011, found that men who ate more than two red meat servings every day had a 28 percent higher stroke risk than those who ate about one third of a serving each day.
And it showed that people who ate the highest amounts of chicken or turkey each day had a 13 percent reduced stroke risk compared to those who ate one serving of red meat.
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