Pork

3 papers3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 2 countries

Funders: Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education and others

Human trial1
Humans2

Outcomes

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

upin humans1

1 study

Pork increases high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in humans.
“High-density lipoprotein concentrations were higher post-MPP than post-MPL (P = 0.034).”
Human trialversus post-MPLminimally processed pork162 g/d18-wkn = 36
Effects of Minimally Processed Red Meat within a Plant-Forward Diet on Biomarkers of Physical and Cognitive Aging: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial
Current developments in nutrition10 Dec 2025

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Single-point insulin sensitivity estimator index

upin humans1

1 study

Pork increases single-point insulin sensitivity estimator index in humans.
“Single Point Insulin Sensitivity Estimator Index increased after MPP (P = 0.032)”
Human trialminimally processed pork162 g/d18-wkn = 36
Effects of Minimally Processed Red Meat within a Plant-Forward Diet on Biomarkers of Physical and Cognitive Aging: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Feeding Trial
Current developments in nutrition10 Dec 2025

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Associations

Cancer

upin humans1

1 study

Pork is associated with cancer in humans (r = 0.757, P < 0.001).
“The correlation coefficients between per capita meat consumption and the overall cumulative incidence of cancer were 0.429 (P < 0.001), 0.757 (P < 0.001), − 0.066 (P = 0.414), 0.468 (P < 0.001), and 0.364 (P < 0.001) for beef, pork, goat and sheep meat, poultry, and fish, respectively.”
Humans
Consumption of Different Meat Types and the Cumulative Incidence of 18 Common Cancers Worldwide: An Ecological Analysis
Research Square1 Sep 2026Preprint