Eating too much meat 'raises risk of diabetes' even if they eat lots of fruit and vegetables too

Meat-lovers could be at higher odds of diabetes – even if they eat lots of fruit and vegetables.
A long-term study of more than 60,000 women has linked meat, cheese and other ingredients of an ‘acidic diet’ with type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.
The women who ate the most acid-forming foods were 56 per cent more likely to develop the condition than those whose who ate the least.

A study has linked meat, cheese and other ingredients of an 'acidic diet' with type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes.

Fruit and vegetables didn’t completely compensate for the effect and, surprisingly slim women were at particular risk,  the journal Diabetologica reports.