INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus: Findings indicate that a Western diet high in meat intake enhances the risk to develop T2D especially for individuals with higher genetically susceptibility for T2D.33 Meat intake and its components (eg, iron) alone have been linked to higher T2D risk,91, 92 and it is feasible that genetic variants associated, eg, with impaired insulin sensitivity strengthen this T2D risk effect.