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# Iron in Meat Linked to Heart Disease
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/iron_in_meat_linked_to_heart_disease_0501140207/
- Published: 2014-05-01T15:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:07:44.000Z
- Description: A Journal of Nutrition meta-analysis of 21 studies covering 292,454 people over an average of ten years found heme iron from meat linked to a 57 percent higher risk of heart disease, while non-heme iron from vegetables showed no relationship to risk or death.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Minerals, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Iron found in meat may increase your risk of heart disease, according to a new meta-analysis published in the *Journal of Nutrition*.

Researchers analyzed data from 21 international studies, which included 292,454 participants, for an average of ten years. Results showed heme iron (found in meat) increased risk of heart disease by 57 percent.

Conversely, non-heme iron found in vegetables showed no relationship to risk or mortality from heart disease.

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Hunnicutt J, He K, Xun P. Dietary iron intake and body iron stores are associated with risk of coronary heart disease in a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. *J Nutr*. Published online January 8, 2014.

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