Healthy adults who eat two or more servings of meat a day increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat meat twice a week, according to research published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Fried food is also to blame, says to Lyn M. Steffen, co-author of the study.  Dairy products appear to offer some protection against metabolic syndrome.

The findings emerged from an analysis of dietary intake by 9,514 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study.

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