Poultry consumption

Poultry consumption has been studied in 5 papers since 2026: 2 observational studies in people, 2 reviews; 5 in the past year. The newest paper, Jul 23, 2026: “Spatial risk of hypertension in rural China: modelling the effect of dietary, behavioural and climate factors”.

5 papers study it7 findingsUpdated Jul 23, 2026

At a glance

The findings reach people, from one lab or study. 3 independent labs in 2 countries.

“Compared to meat eaters, poultry eaters had lower risk of prostate cancer (0.93, 0.88-0.98)”

None of its findings points the other way.

Studies link poultry consumption with 6 measures, most often parkinson disease incidence (2 studies), hypertension (1) and prostate cancer (1).

Parkinson disease incidence

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2 studies

Poultry consumption is associated with parkinson disease incidence in the United States and China.
“Analysis of Global Burden of Disease and FAOSTAT data reveals a population-level temporal alignment between rising PD incidence and poultry consumption in the United States and China”
Reviewin the United States and China
Food-chain spirochetes: a unified hypothesis for Parkinson's disease and dementia risk
Frontiers in aging neuroscienceMay 7, 2026
Poultry consumption is associated with parkinson disease incidence in humans.
“PD incidence has increased alongside poultry consumption”
ReviewEcological associations, especially in regions using high-throughput, chlorine-based poultry processing
Food-Chain Spirochetes: A Unified Hypothesis for Parkinson’s and Dementia Risk
Preprints.orgJan 22, 2026Preprint

Hypertension

downin humans1

1 study

Poultry consumption is associated with hypertension in humans (r=-0.504, p=0.010).
“poultry consumption (r=-0.504,p=0.010)”
Humans
Spatial risk of hypertension in rural China: modelling the effect of dietary, behavioural and climate factors
Geospatial healthJul 23, 2026